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<dd>"These lectures were delivered during the long vacation of 1912, in Queen's college, Oxford, under the auspices of the Board for the training of missionaries."--Pref</dd>
<dd>Introductory: the three religions.--Confucius and his school.--Taoism: Lao tzŭ, Chang-tzŭ, and their school.--Buddha and Buddhism.--The idea of God.--Mans's relationship and approach to the divine.--Cosmological ideas.--The soul, ancestor-worship and the future.--Moral ideals. --Sin and its consequences.--The official cult, of public religion.--Private religion.--Note.--Index</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Confucius; Taoism; Buddha (The concept); Cults, Chinese; Confucianism; Buddhism</div>
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Soothill, William Edward, 1861-1935</div>
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