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Under the Ancestors' Shadow : Chinese Culture and Personality / Francis L. K. Hsu.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1948]Copyright date: ©1948Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231944946
  • 9780231898959
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Chapter I. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter II. YIN CHAI AND YANG CHAI: WORLDLY AND OTHERWORLDLY RESIDENCES -- Chapter III. LIFE AND WORK UNDER THE ANCESTRAL ROOF -- Chapter IV. CONTINUING THE INCENSE SMOKE -- Chapter V. PROPAGATION OF THE ANCESTRAL LINE -- Chapter VI. HOW ANCESTORS LIVE -- Chapter VII. COMMUNION WITH ANCESTORS -- Chapter VIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCESTRAL WAYS -- Chapter IX. THE ANCESTORS' SHADOW -- Chapter X. CULTURE AND PERSONALITY -- XI. WIDER CHINA -- APPENDICES -- INDEX
Summary: Presents a description of a small semi-rural community in southwest China, and explores the role played by this culture with reference to its family and religious life. Also explores the role played by this culture in the personality configurations of the individuals in the community.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231898959

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- Chapter I. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter II. YIN CHAI AND YANG CHAI: WORLDLY AND OTHERWORLDLY RESIDENCES -- Chapter III. LIFE AND WORK UNDER THE ANCESTRAL ROOF -- Chapter IV. CONTINUING THE INCENSE SMOKE -- Chapter V. PROPAGATION OF THE ANCESTRAL LINE -- Chapter VI. HOW ANCESTORS LIVE -- Chapter VII. COMMUNION WITH ANCESTORS -- Chapter VIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCESTRAL WAYS -- Chapter IX. THE ANCESTORS' SHADOW -- Chapter X. CULTURE AND PERSONALITY -- XI. WIDER CHINA -- APPENDICES -- INDEX

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Presents a description of a small semi-rural community in southwest China, and explores the role played by this culture with reference to its family and religious life. Also explores the role played by this culture in the personality configurations of the individuals in the community.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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