Ancestors and Anxiety
Author | : Stephen R. Bokenkamp |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2007-08-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520249486 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520249488 |
Rating | : 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ancestors and Anxiety written by Stephen R. Bokenkamp and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead.