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Western Chou Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2010

Edward L. Shaughnessy
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Although chinese intellectuals have generally regarded the Western Chou dynasty (1045–771 B.C.E.) as the formative period of Chinese culture, because there was no organized church at the time, studies of religion in China often begin with later developments. While this is a legitimate interpretive principle, it is nevertheless certainly the case that there were facets of religious experience characteristic of Western Chou society.

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Chinese Religions—The State of the Field, Part I. Early Religious Traditions: The Neolithic Period through the Han Dynasty (ca. 4000 B.C.E to 220 C.E.)
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 145 - 148
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995

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