History of Chinese Daoism: Volume I

David C. Yu is a retired Professor of Religion at Maryville College, Tennessee

出版者:University Press of America

作者:David C. Yu

页数:640

出版时间:2000-12-20

价格:$78.50

装帧:hardcover

isbn号码:9780761818687

This work employs a historical-descriptive method to trace the evolution of Chinese Daoism. The study assumes that Daoism as a religion is atavistic in the Chinese soil; it assimilated the myths and legends of ancient China and has continued to do so throughout its history. The relationship between Daoism and the state is also explored in depth and the book focuses on how Daoism functioned in the popular level of society, as well as the elite level. In terms of history, the book begins with the founding of Daoism as a religion in the Han dynasty-second century CE. However, the bulk of the work deals with Daoist activities in the period of Poltical Disunion (371-581) when China was divided between North and South.