Secular superstition and Chinese society

Author: Guo Chunmei
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: This book conducts a scientific and historical investigation into the secular superstitions of Chinese society using extensive archaeological and literary evidence. It reveals the evolution of ancient divine concepts into secular superstitions, the various manifestations of secular superstitions in the medieval and modern eras, and their historical progression from simple to complex, from superficial to profound, and their artificial development. It analyzes the false core essence of secular superstitions, which is both contradictory and unified in the form of divine mandate theory and witchcraft, as well as the harmfulness of traditional superstitions and the lingering effects of modern superstitions. It is well-known that the level of human cognitive evolution is closely related to the evolution of language and is. A language ability as low as that of the Beijing people, with their inferior brain capacity, is insufficient to express and describe abstract things, let alone produce abstract concepts like deities.