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The sinister way : the divine and the demonic in Chinese religious culture / Richard von Glahn.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c 2004.Description: xii, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 0520234081 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780520234086 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 299.5/1121 22
- BL1800 .V66 2004
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Summary: Annotation A survey of Chinese religion from 1000 BC to the beginning of the 20th century, as well as a study of the ambiguitues of divine power in Chinese religion.
Ancestors, ghosts, and gods in ancient China -- The Han cult of the dead and salvific religion -- Shanxiao: mountain goblins -- Plague demons and epidemic gods -- The song transformation of Chinese religious culture -- Wutong: from demon to deity -- The enchantment of wealth.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-360) and index.
Ancestors, ghosts, and gods in ancient China -- The Han cult of the dead and salvific religion -- Shanxiao: mountain goblins -- Plague demons and epidemic gods -- The song transformation of Chinese religious culture -- Wutong: from demon to deity -- The enchantment of wealth.
Annotation A survey of Chinese religion from 1000 BC to the beginning of the 20th century, as well as a study of the ambiguitues of divine power in Chinese religion.
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