ZHU XI'S PRAYERS TO THE SPIRIT OF CONFUCIUS AND CLAIM TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WAY.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Tillman, Hoyt Cleveland
- Source
- Philosophy East & West: A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy. Oct2004, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p489-513. 25p.
- Subject
- *PRAYER
*SPIRITUALISM
*GHOSTS
*SPIRITS
*RITES & ceremonies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0031-8221
Examines the philosophy of scholar Zhu Xi about ghosts and spirits and his prayers to Confucius. Relationship between guishen and daotong, a term on transmission and succession of the Way; Signs that Zhu Xi might have regarded canonical rites for ancestors and teachers to provide spiritual empowerment and enhanced communion with the dead.