To Become a God : : Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China / / Michael J. Puett.

• Superior document: Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 57
• VerfasserIn: Puett, Michael J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2004.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edición: 1st ed.
• Idioma: English
• Series: Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 57.
• Descrición Física: 1 online resource.

Evidence from Shang oracle bones to memorials submitted to Western Han emperors attests to a long-lasting debate in early China over the proper relationship between humans and gods. One pole of the debate saw the human and divine realms as separate and agonistic and encouraged divination to determin...