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03130aam a2200433 i 4500 001 DBFEFC36AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230217010059 008 210902t20222022enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021040631 020 $a 1009087347 020 $a 9781009087346 020 $a 1316514676 020 $a 9781316514672 035 $a (OCoLC)1268546106 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d UKMGB $d ZVP $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a BL1803 $b .P8 2022 082 00 $a 200.951 $2 23 084 $a SOC003000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Pu, Muzhou, $e author. 245 10 $a Ghosts and religious life in early China / $c Mu-Chou Poo, Chinese University of Hong Kong. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a viii, 206 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-204) and index. 505 0 $a Ghost : the other side of humanity -- The emergence of ghosts in early China -- Imperial order and local variations -- Stories that reveal the dark corner -- Ghosts in early Daoist religious culture -- The taming of ghosts in early Buddhism -- Chinese ghosts in a comparative perspective. 520 $a "For modern people, ghost stories are no more than thrilling entertainment. For those living in antiquity, ghosts were far more serious beings, as they could affect the life and death of people and cause endless fear and anxiety. How did ancient societies imagine what ghosts looked like, what they could do, and how people could deal with them? From the vantage point of modernity, what can we learn about an obscure, but no less important aspect of an ancient culture? In this volume, Mu-chou Poo explores the ghosts of ancient China, the ideas that they nurtured, and their role in its culture. His study provides fascinating insights into the interaction between the idea of ghosts and religious activities, literary imagination, and social life devoted to them. Comparing Chinese ghosts with those of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome, Poo also offers a wider perspective on the role of ghosts in human history. Mu-Chou Poo is Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (2014), In search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion, and Daily Life in Ancient China (1998)"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a China $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Ghosts $z China $x History. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Ghosts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942434 650 7 $a Religion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093763 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pu, Muzhou. $t Ghosts and religious life in early China $d Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022 $z 9781009086523 $w (DLC) 2021040632 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011515.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DBFEFC36AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search