The three religions of China
Subtitle: lectures delivered at Oxford
By: by W. E. Soothill.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1923
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Confucianism.; Taoism.; Buddhism -- China.; Cults -- China.; China -- Religion.
Table of contents: title: Contents. - Introductory: the three religions. -Confucius and his school. -Taoism: Lao tzŭ, Chang-tzŭ, and their school. -Buddha and Buddhism. -The idea of God. -Mans's relationship and approach to the divine. -Cosmological ideas. -The soul, ancestor-worship and the future. -Moral ideals.. -Sin and its consequences. -The official cult, of public religion. -Private religion. -Note. -Index.