Society of Jesus (Yēsūhuì 耶稣会)|Yēsūhuì 耶稣会 (Society of Jesus)
Lydia GERBER Matteo Ricci and other famous Jesuit missionaries in China. More commonly known as Jesuits, the Society of Jesus
Zhong Yong (Doctrine of the Mean) (Zhōngyōng 中庸)|Zhōngyōng 中庸 (Zhong Yong (Doctrine of the Mean))
Nirmal DASS One of Confucianism’s sacred texts, the Zhong Yong serves as a guide to achieving harmony—personal, social, and political—through
Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Sìshū Wŭjīng 四书五经)|Sìshū Wŭjīng 四书五经 (Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism)
James D. SELLMANN The Song dynasty scholar Zhu Xi streamlined Confucian education by compiling the Four Books: Mencius, Analects, Great
Buddhism, Persecution of (Zhàojìnfó 诏禁佛)|Zhàojìnfó 诏禁佛 (Buddhism, Persecution of)
André LALIBERTÉ A statue of Buddha, symbolically peeling away his earthly shell. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN Buddhism, introduced from
Wang Yangming School (Wáng Yángmíng Xuéxiào 王阳明学校)|Wáng Yángmíng Xuéxiào 王阳明学校 (Wang Yangming School)
Nirmal DASS A portrait of Wang Yangming, the philosopher who expanded the concept of the “thing” beyond materiality to embrace
Huayan Buddhism (Huáyán Chánjiào 华严禅教)|Huáyán Chánjiào 华严禅教 (Huayan Buddhism)
Nirmal DASS A page from the Flower Garland Sutra, the principle document of Huayan Buddhism. The Huayan school of Chinese
Tiantai (Tiāntái 天台)|Tiāntái 天台 (Tiantai)
Nirmal DASS The first truly Chinese school of Buddhist thought, Tiantai, was founded in the sixth century. With its Chinese
Buddhism (Fójiào 佛教)|Fójiào 佛教 (Buddhism)
Ding-hwa HSIEH This stone relief sculpture decorating the Buddhist Temple of the Azure Clouds, in Beijing’s Western Hills, depicts a
Divination (Bǔshì 卜筮)|Bǔshì 卜筮 (Divination)
John G. BLAIR and Jerusha McCORMACK A fortuneteller in a nineteenth-century photograph. Harvard Yenching Library Archives. COURTESY OF JOAN LEBOLD
Religion, Folk (Mínjiān zōngjiào 民間宗教)|Mínjiān zōngjiào 民間宗教 (Religion, Folk)
Terence C. RUSSELL Wood engraving of a Thunder God. Throughout the premodern era the masses of the Chinese people, most