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001 2007021156
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008 070521s2008 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007021156
020 $a9781845191726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1845191722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn137305734
035 $a(OCoLC)137305734
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050 00 $aBL1802$b.F69 2008
082 00 $a299.5/1$222
100 1 $aFowler, Jeaneane D.
245 10 $aChinese religions :$bbeliefs and practices /$cJeaneane and Merv Fowler.
260 $aBrighton ;$aPortland, Or. :$bSussex Academic Press,$c2008.
300 $aix, 320 p. ;$bill. ;$c22 cm.
440 4 $aThe Sussex library of religious beliefs and practices
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 266-296) and index.
505 0 $aAncient China : the three dynasties -- The Hsia/Xia dynasty -- The Shang dynasty -- The Chou/Zhou dynasty -- The age of the philosophers -- Rhythms of the universe -- The book of changes : the I Ching/Yijing -- Yin and Yang -- The five agents -- Confucianism -- The Ju/Ru tradition -- Confucius -- The analects -- Teachings -- The Confucian classics -- Confucian development -- Confucianism in formation -- Meng-tzu/Mengzi and Hsün-tzu/Xunzi -- Confucianism in adaptation -- Classical taoism -- What is taoism -- Lao-tzu/Laozi and the Tao te Ching/Daodejing -- Chuang-tzu/Zhuangzi -- Lieh-tzu/Liezi -- Tao -- Creation and reversal -- Te/De -- Wu-wei : non-action -- Tzu-jan/Ziran : naturalness and spontaneity -- Buddhism -- The advent of Buddhism in China -- The Tien-tai/Tiantai (Jap. Tendai) School -- Hua-yen/Huayan -- Devotional Buddhism -- Pure land Buddhism -- Religious Taoism -- Historical development -- Alchemy -- Life beyond earth -- Religious praxis -- Immortals -- Sages -- Neo-Confucianism -- The transforming face of Confucianism -- The place of women in Confucian culture -- The five masters -- The dissemination of Confucianism -- Modern new Confucianism -- Ch'an Buddhism -- Bodhidharma -- Hui-k'o/Huike -- Hui-neng/Huineng -- The Zen movement after Hui-Neng -- The five houses -- Kuei-yang/Guiyang (Jap. Igyo) and the circular figures -- Lin-chi/Linji (Jap. Rinzai) and shouting and beating -- Koan practice -- The master-pupil relationship -- Ts'ao-tung (Jap. Soto) and the formula of the five ranks -- Yun-men/Yunmen (Jap. Ummon) and the "pass of a single word" -- Fa-yen/Fayan (Jap. Hogen) and the inner unity of the six marks of being -- The sung/song period -- Meditation -- Popular religion -- What is popular religion? -- Deities of popular religion -- The calendar -- Festivals -- Popular praxis -- Chinese religions today -- Communist China -- Confucianism -- Taoism -- Buddhism -- Popular religion -- Influences of Chinese religions in the West.
651 0 $aChina$xReligion.
700 1 $aFowler, Merv.