Life and Immortality in the Mind of Han China
Life and Immortality in the Mind of Han China
By tracing the development of the worldly transformation of the idea and cult of immortality, this article demonstrates that ancient Han Chinese gradually came to perceive the worlds between the living and the dead not as two mutually exclusive realms, though not exactly as identical either. Such a perception also reflects their world view of the human, Heaven and Earth as an integrative unity.
Keywords: sheng, shou, xian, busi, zhenren, heaven, earth, Han China, China, spiritualism
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