Book
Religion of the Chinese people
Harper and Row • New York • Published In 1975 • Pages: viii, 200
By: Granet, Marcel, Freedman, Maurice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph focuses on Chinese religion according to the classic Confucian texts and commentaries. The author spent two years in Beijing (1919-1921) doing archival work; however, any personal observations were only the source of a few anecdotes. The author is primarily interested in the transformation of religion between Feudal and Imperial times and writes mostly about Confucianism, the literati, and the Imperial cults and some on Buddhism and Taoism. All three religions comprise the edifice of Chinese religion. Freedman's translation includes extensive footnotes drawing on Granet's other published works.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethics
- Form and rules of government
- Chief executive
- Cult of the dead
- Religious beliefs
- Animism
- Ethnogeography
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1-1919
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- People's Republic of China; China; Beijing, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Marcel Granet ; translated, edited, and with an introd. by Maurice Freedman
- Translation of La religion des Chinois
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-192) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74033106
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cults--China
- China--Religion