{"product_id":"ways-to-paradise-michael-loewe-9781032268323","title":"Ways to Paradise: The Chinese Quest for Immortality","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1979, in \u003ci\u003eWays to Paradise \u003c\/i\u003eMichael 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Loewe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032268328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032268323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Loewe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057568542975,"sku":"9781032268323","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87f1f385-803f-4e38-9b18-c07e5955f939.jpg?v=1685047732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ways-to-paradise-michael-loewe-9781032268323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}