Dictionary of Chinese Mystical Culture

Author: Wu Kang
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Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Features: This book is a compilation of content related to Chinese mysterious culture, including primitive religion, religion, deities and ghosts, and divination, from ancient Chinese texts. The entries consist of definitions, brief descriptions, and ancient textual references. The brief descriptions and references are records of myths, legendary figures, and other information from ancient literature. This dictionary lists over 2,000 entries, divided into 3 major sections and 18 categories, aiming to provide a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the outline of ancient Chinese mysterious culture. Each category of entries can largely stand alone as a chapter, offering concise, refined, and concentrated descriptions and summaries of specific mysterious cultural phenomena. If a particular mysterious culture has a general outline and systematic characteristics, the entries serve as clues to outline the framework and knots in the system. The composition of each entry includes definitions, brief descriptions, and references. Definitions refer to the definitions of the term, while brief descriptions provide concise and vivid narrations of myths, events, or figures recorded in ancient texts, often interspersed with insightful quotes. The dictionary strictly arranges entries according to the hierarchical level of the content, with various sub-sections under each major section and category to make the dictionary's structure and narrative hierarchy more complete and clear.