Animals and Plants in Chinese Religions and Science - Hardcover

by Huaiyu Chen (Author)

This transdisciplinary study focuses on animals and plants in medieval Chinese religions and science. It examines how medieval religious agents engaged with animals and plants as material culture in the mundane world, and how the spiritual world and natural world mutually enriched each other in the medieval world of China.

Author Biography

Huaiyu Chen is Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of In the Land of Tigers and Snakes: Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions (2023).