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Religious History
Historical studies of Chinese religious history, ritual, institutions, and traditions, read alongside Chinese sources and living communities.
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Texts
Feng Shui, or the Rudiments of Natural Science in China — Ernest J. EitelErnest J. Eitel's 1873 monograph on feng shui as a Chinese system of natural philosophy, the earliest substantial Western study of the subject.Religions of Ancient China — Herbert A. GilesHerbert A. Giles's complete 1906 survey of ancient Chinese religion, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and other traditions.