Picturing Heaven in Early China
(Book #336 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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Tian, or Heaven, had multiple meanings in early China. It had been used since the Western Zhou to indicate both the sky and the highest god, and later came to be regarded as a force driving the movement of the cosmos and as a home to deities and imaginary animals. By the Han dynasty, which saw an outpouring of visual materials depicting Heaven, the concept of Heaven encompassed an immortal realm to which humans could ascend after death. Using...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674060695
ISBN13:9780674060692
Release Date:July 2011
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:2.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.7" x 9.7"
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