Religion of the Han Empire : Postmortem Transformation, Immortality, and the Rise of Daoism /

By examining the tomb images and artifacts from a religious perspective, combined with a cognitive approach that strives to uncover the essentials of the Han belief system, the author convincingly shows how Han belief represented the dimension of faith in the national power structure while reconstru...

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Main Author: JIANG, Sheng (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Studies on East Asian Religions ; 13.

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