TY - BOOK ID - 118225892 TI - Space, Time, Myth, and Morals : a Selection of Jao Tsung-I's Studies on Cosmological Thought in Early China and Beyond AU - Rao, Zongyi AU - Grundmann, Joern Peter PY - 2022 SN - 9004522573 9004516824 PB - Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, DB - UniCat KW - Religion. KW - World history. KW - History. KW - Universal history KW - History KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Cosmology, Ancient. KW - Cosmology, Chinese. KW - Mythology, Chinese. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118225892 AB - "The articles in this volume present an important selection of Jao Tsung-i's research in the field of the early Chinese intellectual tradition, especially as concerns the question of the conditio humana. Whether his focus is on myth, religion, philosophy or morals, Jao constantly aims at describing the Chinese version of a series of developments that are broadly associated with the Axial Age in the study of the ancient world in general. He is particularly interested in showing how early China had developed its own notion of transcendence as well as a system of prediction and morals that allowed man to act on his own account, without having to rely on divine providence"-- ER -