Links for Chinese Religions and Philosophy

General:

Ancient text written on bamboo slips tied together with leather thongs.



• Chinese Religion and Philosophy (WWWVL)
• Society for the Study of Chinese Religions
• Resources on Confucianism and Taoism
• Research Guide and Annotated Bibliographies on Chinese religious culture, by Barend J. ter Haar

• Satellite view of China
• Map of China
• Maps and basic facts: China | Taiwan
• Short history of China
• The Chinese language
• British Library Chinese collection
• Chinese E-text collection
• Topics in Chinese culture
• China Institute (New York)
• Teaching English and Living in Taiwan (a very good site by a long-time American resident -- lots of good tips, etc.)
• Pictures of gods, etc.

Song dynasty "Rainbow Bridge" in Kaifeng, depicted in the scroll painting, "Qingming shanghe tu" (Going upriver on the Qingming Festival).

• Slides of Chinese art
• Chinese Art Links
• Traditional Chinese art (magazine)
• "China's Age of Invention" (interview with Robin Yates on technical innovations during the Song dynasty)
• Religions of Taiwan:
  • From Government Information Office, Taiwan
  • From Taipei Information and Cultural Office, New York
• "Religious Revivals in Communist China," by Arthur Waldron
  
  

  Confucianism:

• Confucian Lexicon, Images, etc.

  Master Kong (Confucius)

• Confucian E-texts
• Classic of Songs (Shijing 詩經: English Introduction, Chinese Preface by Zhu Xi, Text in Chinese and English)
• Great Learning (Daxue大學, in English)
• The Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety
  • Partial translation by Lydia Gerber
  • Complete translation by Dharma Master Heng Sure
• Confucian Temples, by Thomas Wilson (Hamilton College)
• Confucian Temple, Tainan (photos)
• Annual ritual for Confucius (2-minute video, produced by ROC govt.)
• Confucianism and Modernity, by Tu Wei-ming
• Confucius Publishing Co.

Taoism:


Corridor in Baopu Daoyuan, a Daoist monastery in Hangzhou, China, named after Ge Hong, the "Master Who Embraces Simplicity" (Baopuzi), who practiced alchemy there in the 4th century C.E.

• Taoism (WWWVL)
• Taoist Philosophy (Hansen)
• Taoism: History, Canon, Sites, Essays, Bibliographies (from Sinophilia)
• The Taoist Canon (description and references)
• Chinese Alchemy (Pregadio)
• "A Short Introduction to Chinese Alchemy"
• Taoist Immortals
• Essay on the Jiao ritual
• Taoist Restoration Society
• Hsing Chen School of Internal Martial Arts
• Hong Kong Taoist College (in Chinese)

Buddhism:


Buddha statue at Fo Kuang Shan monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

• Glossary of Buddhist terms (introductory level)
• Buddhist philosophy (a good introduction to basic Buddhist ideas and history)
• Center for Buddhist Studies (National Taiwan University)
• Resources on East Asian Buddhism
• Chinese Buddhism Resources

• Ch'an Meditation Center (Elmhurst, NY)
• Buddhist Association of the U.S. (Zhuangyan Monastery, Putnam County, NY)
• Hsi-Lai Temple (Southern California)
• Article on Hsi-Lai Temple
• Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (Northern California)
• Elementary and Secondary Schools
• Buddhist Compassionate Relief (Tzu-chi 慈濟) Foundation
  • Taiwan headquarters
  • USA headquarters
  • Northern California branch

• Buddhism and politics in Taiwan (Taipei Times, 5/15/00)
• Pilgrimage to a Kuan-yin temple (essay)
• Tibetan Buddhist community in Sichuan
• Tibetan Buddhism in Taiwan
• The Dalai Lama in Taiwan
• Dunhuang and the Cave of Manuscripts
• Buddhist Art of Dunhuang

Popular religion:


Popular print of the Jade Emperor

• Falun Gong
• Revival of popular religion in mainland China (NY Times, 4/7/00)
• "Religious Revivals in Communist China" by Arthur Waldron (1998)
• Bibliography of Western Language Publications on Chinese Popular Religion (1995 to present), by Philip Clart
• Some popular deities
• Three Types of Chinese Deities -- Stone, Tree, and Land, by Yu Chien (1997 doctoral dissertation)
• Chinese myths
• Chinese Festivals
• Chinese Festivals (longer list, but less info)
• Lung-shan Temple (Taipei) layout (large file: 495kb)
• Sacred Mountains
• Essay on feng-shui ("geomancy")
• A "Depository of Ancient Spirits"
• I Kuan Tao World Headquarters
• Religious manuscripts of the Yao nationality (southern China)

  Taiwan:

  Outer entrance gate of a temple in Taiwan.

• Festivals in Taiwan (short videos produced by ROC govt.)
• Altar of Jade Emperor (Yü-huang shang-ti) at T'ien-kung Temple, Tainan
• Essay on urban religion
• Magic in Taiwan (Taipei Times) (Use Big5 Chinese reader for Chinese characters)
• Pictures (Taipei Times)
• Short articles
  • A community temple
  • City god temples
  • Firewalking ritual
  • Annual Rock Fight at Lukang
• Visit of Matsu image from her birthplace in mainland China (March 1997)
• Annual Matsu pilgrimage (April, 2000)
• Controversy over proposed Matsu pilgrimage to mainland (April-July, 2000)
• Chen Tao ("Way of Truth," aka "God's Salvation Church" -- small Taiwanese group now in U.S.)
• "Officials free souls of stray dogs" (Taipei Times)
• Hakka ritual in Taiwan, "Worship of the Just" (I-min chi 義民祭):
  • Parade and offerings
  • Sacrificial pig

  Divination:

• Oracle bone photo and translation
• Another oracle bone
• I Ching on the Net
• Translation by James Legge
• The Oracle: Journal of Yi Jing Studies
• I Ching Lexicon
  
• Divination and chess (by Joseph Needham)

  Women:

• Biographies of Exemplary Women (Lieh-nü chuan), by Liu Xiang (79-8 BCE), with English introduction, Chinese text, and illustrations
• Pan Chao (Ban Zhao), author of Lessons for Women
• 100 Celebrated Chinese Women
• Women in China (audio interview with James L. Watson)
• Women's writing system (nushu):
  • "World of Nushu" website (Orie Endo, Japan)

  Chinese philosophy:
  

  Prof. Mou Tsung-san

• Chinese Philosophy: Good introduction to the classical period, with maps, charts, etc.
• Chinese Philosophy Page: Lots of good links
• Chinese Philosophy: From an online textbook by Richard Hooker
• History of Chinese ethics through early Han dynasty
• Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
• Philosophy East & West

• Philosophy in China Today
• Chad Hansen's page: articles on Taoism and other schools
• Pictures of Chinese Philosophers (FTP)
• Hong Kong University Dept. of Philosophy
• Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
• Bryan Van Norden (Vassar College)

Chinese Science and Medicine:

• Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine article

  "Stele [Recording] the Spread of the Religion of Light [Christianity] from Rome to China" -- top of the stele now housed in the "Forest of Stelae" in Xian, China.

  Model of the synagogue in Kaifeng.

• Qi: Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness

Christianity in China:

• Jing Sheng (Chinese Christian Journal)
• Ricci Institute (Christianity in China)
• Matteo Ricci
• Christianity in China
• Picture from the Vatican archives
• Manichaeism in China
• Tiananmen Square veterans turn to Christianity (NY Times, 4/11/99)

  Judaism in China:

• Jews of China
• Bibliography on Chinese Judaism
• Sino-Judaic Institute (See especially Michael Pollack's article "The Jews of Kaifeng" and the excellent list of further links.)
• China Judaic Studies Association
  • Kaifeng Jews
  • "Minyan in Kaifeng"
    • Article
    • Film info
  • Teaching the Chinese about Jews
• Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures, by Irene Eber (book review)
• Jewish Community of Shanghai
• Jewish Community of Beijing      

News:


Religion News from China and Taiwan People's Daily (PRC) China Daily (PRC) Taipei Times (Taiwan) China Times (Taiwan) South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) NY Times: Asia-Pacific

CNN: East Asia Far Eastern Economic Review Inside China (European Internet Network) Asia Observer China Taiwan Hong Kong

Politics, etc.:


Chairman Mao invoking Confucian "loyalty"

• Falun Gong (frequently updated)
• Environmental Crisis (Far Eastern Economic Review)
• The Tiananmen Papers (NY Times, 1/6/01)
• Tiananmen's Shadow (NY Times, 2/4/01)
• Thomas Friedman columns on Chinese politics (1999)
• The Mao Cult (propaganda posters from the Cultural Revolution)
• "Detour on Capitalist Road: Die-Hard Maoist Collective" (NY Times, 1/7/99)
• The Cultural Revolution (1966-76)

• Human rights in China
• UN Commissioner discusses human rights in China (China News Digest, 11/24/00)
• Human Rights Watch World Reports, 1998-1999 (Excerpts)
• Religious Persecution in China, 1994-95 (Summary of Human Rights Watch report)
• Freedom of Religion, 2000 (U.S. State Dept. Human Rights Report)
• Religious Freedom in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau (U.S. State Department):
  • 2000
  • 1999

  Government-sponsored sites:

• Beijing Review (weekly)
  
• China Pictorial (monthly)
• PRC Religion Statistics (1997)
• Taiwan Economic and Cultural Information Office (NYC)