From trustworthiness to secular beliefs : : changing concepts of xin from traditional to modern Chinese / / edited by Philip Clart, Christian Meyer.

• Superior document: Religion in Chinese societies ; Volume 19
• TeilnehmendeR: Meyer, Christian, 1971-; Clart, Philip , 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023.
• Udgivelsesår: 2023
• Sprog: English
• Serier: Religion in Chinese societies ; Volume 19.
• Fysisk beskrivelse: 1 online resource.

"What does the Chinese term xin mean? How does it relate to the concept of faith in a Western sense? How far does it still denote "being trustworthy" in its ancient Confucian sense? When did major shifts occur in its long history of semantics that allowed later Christian missionaries...