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Chinese geomancy and ancestor worshipessay 1976 • Li, Yih-yuan
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
In this essay, Li argues that Chinese ancestor cults do not render the ancestors, as former dominators of the worshipers, passive. Rather, Li asserts, the supposed satisfactions and dissatisfactions are keenly felt, and reflect domestic conditions am...