- EAN13
- 9782381119465
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 13/02/2024
- Langue
- anglais
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Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
and Other Religions of China
Herbert Allen Giles, Gu Hongming
Human and Literature Publishing
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Aide EAN13 : 9782381119465
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This book deals with history of the religions in China.
The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to
Chinese philosophers. Before the beginning of all things, there was Nothing.
In the lapse of ages, nothing coalesced into Unity, the Great Monad. After
more ages, the Great Monad separated into Duality, the Male and Female
Principles in nature; and then, by a process of biogenesis, the visible
universe was produced.
Divination seems to have been practised in China from the earliest ages. The
implements used were the shell of the tortoise, spiritualised by the long life
of its occupant, and the stalks of a kind of grass, to which also spiritual
powers had for some reason or other been attributed. These were the methods,
we are told, by which the ancient Kings made their people revere spirits, obey
the law, and settle all their doubts. God gave these spiritual boons to
mankind, and the sages took advantage of them...
Under the influence of Confucius, B.C. 551-479, the old order of things began
to undergo a change. The Sage's attitude of mind towards religion was one of a
benevolent agnosticism, as summed up in his famous utterance, "Respect the
spirits, but keep them at a distance...
The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to
Chinese philosophers. Before the beginning of all things, there was Nothing.
In the lapse of ages, nothing coalesced into Unity, the Great Monad. After
more ages, the Great Monad separated into Duality, the Male and Female
Principles in nature; and then, by a process of biogenesis, the visible
universe was produced.
Divination seems to have been practised in China from the earliest ages. The
implements used were the shell of the tortoise, spiritualised by the long life
of its occupant, and the stalks of a kind of grass, to which also spiritual
powers had for some reason or other been attributed. These were the methods,
we are told, by which the ancient Kings made their people revere spirits, obey
the law, and settle all their doubts. God gave these spiritual boons to
mankind, and the sages took advantage of them...
Under the influence of Confucius, B.C. 551-479, the old order of things began
to undergo a change. The Sage's attitude of mind towards religion was one of a
benevolent agnosticism, as summed up in his famous utterance, "Respect the
spirits, but keep them at a distance...
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