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Chinese religions

an analysis by Wolf of Chinese supernatural beings as mirroring the social world: gods as officials, ghosts as strangers and beggars, ancestors as one's own kin.

In Chinese religions, gods, ghosts and ancestors refers to an analysis by Wolf of Chinese supernatural beings as mirroring the social world: gods as officials, ghosts as strangers and beggars, ancestors as one's own kin. This meaning comes from Wolf (1974) in Religion and ritual in Chinese society.[1]

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References

Wolf, A. P. (Ed.). (1974). Religion and ritual in Chinese society. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804708586

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