Chinese Religions from 1000 B.C. to the Present Day

A general introduction to the development of religious ideas in China from 1000 BCE to the present day. The history of religion in China is marked by a succession of men distinguished for their learning, piety & devotion, men who preferred martyrdom to the betrayal of conscience, men of outstanding missionary fervor, men who for the sake of religion took the long & perilous pilgrimage to India, men who gave up family & fortune to pursue the religious life. Index, notes, bibliography, Chinese glossary, list of classical quotations. 12 pages of b/w plates.