First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an
internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a
wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the
attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death
and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in particular three major subjects
of Han art and iconography: a recently found silk painting from
Central China dating from around 168 BC; the numerous bronze
mirrors of the so-called TLV pattern that came into fashion at the
beginning of the Christian era, and which are especially rich in
cosmological symbolism; and the representations of the Queen Mother
of the West which appear as a leading motif of Chinese art from
perhaps a century later. These Dr Loewe sets within a framework of
contemporary literature and historical incident to create a
wonderfully vivid picture of religious life and thought in this
early and fascinating period of Chinese history which was to
contribute so much to later developments in Far Eastern Philosophy,
religion and art.
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