HUMA 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: White Lotus, Diyu, Ghost Festival
18 Dec 2014
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Are the elite immune to contamination to such disease religion? popular beliefs! Engagement in rituals which would enhance his rule! Importance of rituals! dasi : great sacri ces (by the emperors, temples)! zhongsi : middle sacri ces (regional)! Chinese religion? tianren gaining : the interactions between heaven and humankind! The emperor:! sacri ces & rituals as bridges between elite & commoner practices:! Would be an act of treason if was done by anyone else! No one but the emperor can sacri ce to former emperors of former dynasties ! xiaosi : common sacri ces (cities)! 5. gods" relations to speci c places and their particular inhabitants as temporary ! and the result of appointment rather than and inherent connection to the ! community! personal model:! 1. gods as extraordinary persons godlike gures encountered by humans on ! earth! 2. hierarchy between gods and humans of between gods themselves as usually ! dyadic (one-to-one)!
