Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Ancient China: The Three Dynasties
The Hsia/Xia dynasty
The Shang dynasty
The Chou/Zhou dynasty
The age of the philosophers
2 Rhythms of the Universe
The Book of Changes: the I Ching/Yijing
Yin and yang
The Five Agents
3 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
4 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
5 Buddhism
The advent of Buddhism in China
The T’ien-t’ai/Tiantai (Jap. Tendai) school
Hua-yen/Huayan
Devotional Buddhism
Pure Land Buddhism
6 Religious Taoism
Historical development
Alchemy
Life beyond Earth
Religious praxis
Immortals
Sages
7 Neo-Confucianism
The transforming face of Confucianism
The place of women in Confucian culture
The Five Masters
The dissemination of Confucianism
Modern New Confucianism
8 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/Caodong (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
9 Popular Religion
What is popular religion?
Deities of popular religion
The calendar
Festivals
Popular praxis
10 Chinese Religions Today
Communist China
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
Popular religion
Influences of Chinese religions in the West
Notes
Glossary
Further Reading
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“This volume is an accessible yet
thorough guide to the rich world of Chinese religions. Separate
chapters describe the history, belief, myths, texts, central thinkers,
and practice of Taoism (both classical and religious), Confucianism,
Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism (both Zen and Pure Land), and popular
religion, with separate discussion of the various religions in contemporary
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