THREE TYPES OF CHINESE NATURE DEITIES--STONE, TREE, AND LAND ”

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY.

By Jerome YuChien
LANCASTER, U.K. JANUARY 1997

INDEX

• Abstract and Acknowledgements
• Chapter One: Introduction
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
• Chapter Two: Textual References to Divine Stones and Trees
  • part I
  • part II
• Chapter Three: The Land God in Chinese Popular Religion
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V
• Chapter Four: Festival Dates of the Three Deities
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V
• Chapter Five: The Deification of Stones and Trees
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V
  • part VI
  • part VII
  • part VIII
• Chapter Six: Nominal Adoption and the Three Deities
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
• Chapter Seven: Lottery Gambling and the Three Deities
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V
  • part VI
• Chapter Eight: The Links among the Stone, Tree, and Land Deities
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V
  • part VI
• Chapter Nine: Conclusion
  • part I
  • part II
  • part III
  • part IV
  • part V

Bibliography
Lancaster University

By Jerome YuChien
LANCASTER, U.K. JANUARY 1997

Supervised by:
Prof. S. McFarlane Examiners
Prof. Stephan Feuchtwang
Prof. David Smith