HIST 2751H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hongwu Emperor, Foot Binding, Jade Emperor
5 Apr 2016
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Chinese folk religion (from last week: confucianism, daoism (taoism, laozi (lau-tzu= old master) Our world is inhabited by people and spirits: gods (royal gods, ministry gods, household gods) Worship of ancestors goes back to the shung dynasty. Belief that when you died your spirits sill needs to be taken care of. Sons take care of the ritual, need to have a son to complete these. Anniversary of the death is commemorated: ghosts. People who die in tragic death, souls are not rested: social straiicaion, straiicaion in china: Loyalty to your king, ietal pity to your ancestors: submission to the king, oicials are also important and need to be respected. Commoner, at the age of 16 he was orphaned, begged and wandered for 3-4 years ater leaving a monastery. Returned at a ime of rebellions, red turbans were an acive rebellion group, they burned down his temple so he joined them.
