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The sinister way [[electronic resource] ] : the divine and the demonic in Chinese religious culture / / Richard von Glahn



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Autore: Von Glahn Richard Visualizza persona
Titolo: The sinister way [[electronic resource] ] : the divine and the demonic in Chinese religious culture / / Richard von Glahn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
Disciplina: 299.5/1121
299.51121
Soggetto topico: Demonology - China - History
Soggetto geografico: China Religion
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon of noble qualities but rather as an embodiment of humanity's basest vices, greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In The Sinister Way, Richard von Glahn examines the emergence and evolution of the Wutong cult within the larger framework of the historical development of Chinese popular or vernacular religion-as opposed to institutional religions such as Buddhism or Daoism. Von Glahn's study, spanning three millennia, gives due recognition to the morally ambivalent and demonic aspects of divine power within the common Chinese religious culture.
Titolo autorizzato: The sinister way  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612356834
0-520-92877-6
1-282-35683-6
1-59734-901-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450518603321
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