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Criminalized Abnormality, Moral Etiology, and Redemptive Suffering in the Secondary Strata of the Taiping jing

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Drawing from the worldview and beliefs expressed in the early medieval Great Peace Scripture (Taiping jing 太平經), the paper surveys such themes as bureaucratic representations of the superhuman realm, the ceaseless divine surveillance of human beings, the impact of human misconduct on both individual lifespan duration and cosmic equilibrium, the penal fate of the dead underground, and prospects of redemption.

Source: HAL

DOI: 10.17613/cpqdc-05619

Author: Espesset, Grégoire

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Groupe Sociétés, Religions, Laïcités

Language: English

Topic: Chinese history and philosophy

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2272676671

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