| Titre | Searching for Spirit : Shen and Sacrifice in Warring States and Han Philosophy and Ritual | |
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| Auteur | Roel Sterckx | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 29, 2007 De l'esprit aux esprits. Enquête sur la notion de shen | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | I. Divinités transcendantes ou forces sociales ? Les Esprits dans le rituel et la religion / Transcendent Spirits and Social Power : Spirits in Ritual and Religion |
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| Page | 23-54 | |
| Résumé |
Sterckx Roel. Searching for Spirit : Shen and Sacrifice in Warring States and Han Philosophy and Ritual. In: Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident. 2007, N°29, De l'esprit aux esprits. Enquête sur la notion de shen. Of self and spirits : exploring shen in China. pp. 23-54. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Résumé anglais |
This paper examines the notion of shen in the context of early Chinese ritual and religion in practice. In ancient China significant conceptual parallels exist between the ways in which abstract notions such as shen " spirit " are interpreted by a philosophical tradition on the one hand, and their transformation in ritual and religious practice on the other. Following a discussion of attitudes towards the spirit world among the masters of philosophy in Warring States China, we examine sacrificial performance as a multimedia event that offered multiple routes of access to the spirits. Rather than addressing spirits as embodiments of a pre-existing order or pantheon, we argue that in early Chinese religion, sacrificial procedure was conceived of primarily as a progressive search or quest for spirit presence through performance. The latter was aimed at establishing a sensory bond between the ritual participants and spirits addressed. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_2007_num_29_29_1083 |
