Chinese Gods
Author: Jonathan Chamberlain
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
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Gods & Goddesses of Ancient China
Author: Trenton Campbell
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Published: 2014-07-15
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1622753941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative volume examines the two main faiths, Confucianism and Daoism, that developed before China had meaningful contact with the rest of the world. Aspects of Buddhism later joined features of these faiths to form elements of Chinese ideology and, with the beliefs in immortals and the worship of ancestors, they led to a popular religion. The narrative describes the gods and goddesses that dominated China's mythology and folk culture, roughly from the 3rd millennium to 221 BCE, including the Baxian (Eight Immortals), Chang'e (moon goddess), Guandi (god of war), the Men Shen (door spirits), and Pan Gu (first man).
Japanese Gods, Heroes, and Mythology
Author: Tammy Gagne
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 153217070X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe hero Momotaro, the sun goddess Amaterasu, and the Buddha are important subjects of Japanese mythology. Japanese Gods, Heroes, and Mythology explores the gods, heroes, creatures, and stories of Japanese mythology, in addition to examining their influence today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The Origin of Chinese Deities
Author: Manchao Cheng
Publisher: Beijing : Foreign Languages Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the ages, unique traditions have exerted an influence on the Chinese people's thinking and behavior. Stories about gods, ghosts, fairies and spirits have emerged in the course of social progress. With abundant historical materials and exhaustive studies over many years, the author provides a vivid and interesting account of the twenty-nine widely known and revered gods who influenced the lives of the Chinese people for many centuries. They include the Bodhisattva Guanyin, a goddess who helps the needy and relieves the distressed; Zhong Kui, a hero in vanquishing ghosts and demons; Kitchen God, who is in charge of blessing the mortal; King of Hell, sovereign of the ghost world; Jade Emperor, the highest ruler in Heaven; and Jiang Taigong, who is responsible for granting titles to gods. Why and how are they enshrined and worshiped by the masses and even by the rulers? This book gives the answers scientifically and objectively, thus presenting one aspect of the Chinese popular culture. This is helpful in the understanding of people's religious beliefs, and of archeology, history, sociology, psychology, and folk literature. -- From publisher's description.
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
Author: Jonathan D. Spence
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1996-12-17
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 0393285863
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A magnificent tapestry . . . a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity."--Washington Post Book World Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of China's Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus. He returns to earth charged to eradicate the "demon-devils," the alien Manchu rulers of China. His success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade. Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth. Twenty million Chinese are left dead.
Handbook of Chinese Mythology
Author: Lihui Yang
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0195332636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCompiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places, mythical animals and plants, and related items.
Chinese Gods and Myths
Author: Grange Books PLC
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781840131208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrated with a beautiful selection of Chinese art and artefacts, Chinese Gods and Myths is a concise and lively introduction to Oriental mythology.
Unruly Gods
Author: Meir Shahar
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1996-08-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780824817244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first study in English to offer a systematic introduction to the Chinese pantheon of divinities. It challenges received wisdom about Chinese popular religion, which, until now, presented all Chinese deities as mere functionaries and bureaucrats. The essays in this volume eloquently document the existence of other metaphors that allowed Chinese gods to challenge the traditional power structures and traditional mores of Chinese society. The authors draw on a variety of disciplines and methodologies to throw light on various aspects of the Chinese supernatural. The gallery of gods and goddesses surveyed demonstrates that these deities did not reflect China's socio-political order but rather expressed and negotiated tensions within it. In addition to reflecting the existing order, Chinese gods shaped it, transformed it, and compensated for it, and, as such, their work offers fresh perspectives on the relations between divinity and society in China.
Dragons, Gods & Spirits from Chinese Mythology
Author: Tao Tao Liu Sanders
Publisher: Hachette Children's Books Australia
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780340266502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChinese Mythology A to Z
Author: Jeremy Roberts
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780816048700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlphabetical entries cover Buddhist deities, legendary characters, sacred places and shrines, Chinese dynasties and beliefs, and animal legends and themes.
