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Chinese views on sin

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707:… as Buddhism spread into China from the first century A.D. onwards the idea of sin and the punishment of sins gained wide currency. Indeed, the systematisation of such punishments in numerous minutely described hells reflects the Chinese genius for classification. These supernatural punishments for violations of an impersonal moral code were independent of the mechanism of human justice. There was a strong emphasis on the feeling of guilt. Even if sinful actions remained undetected by society, the sinner knew that they were recorded by supernatural powers, and that punishment would inevitably follow after death. But like Tibetan Buddhists the Chinese believed that sins could be outweighed by meritorious actions. Hence feelings of guilt stimulated the giving of alms and support for monks and religious institutions. 439:
not honoring them or by failing to sacrifice in the right way or at the right time might make them angry. The deities then could or would punish such people. An event of this kind was more or less like any offense against a human superior, with the only difference that deities were believed to be superior to humans; they formed, if this expression be permitted, a social class above the upper class in human society. This class of supernatural beings was structured: some deities had more, others less, power, but the structure was more like a class structure than like a bureaucratic one although one god was vaguely recognized as the highest of all.
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terms, or similar terms such as "depravity" or "defiled" to depict man's involvement in the passions and bondage to the world which prevents him from attaining the high Buddhist ideals revealed in Sakyamuni and his early disciples. Such people realize that they fall short of the potentialities of the human nature symbolized in Buddha. Their guilt is derived not from a feeling of rejection by deity, but by a self-rejection as they become aware of the gulf which separates them from the ideals of the Buddha.
929:"Highest Clarity" School also believed in both individual and ancestral sins. Jeaneane Fowler stated, "The unbreakable bond with ancestors was emphasized in the belief that the sins of the ancestors of several generations past still affected the individual of today. However, reciprocally, the relative sin or merit of a living individual could also affect that of past ancestors. And if that living individual were to achieve salvation, then so would the ancestors." 656:. Thus, in the understanding of folk Buddhism, sin was not seen as a transgression against a deity, but instead a transgression against a universal moral code, to which even the deities were held to. This moral code transcended questions of legal recourse, irrespective of one being dealt with societal punishment, one would still be punished for their action on a karmic level. Furthermore, the "divine ministries and divine red tape" of modern 861:, by contrast, not only considers the past and future lives of the individual, but also that individuals inherit the results of the good and evil of the behavior of their ancestors, and that these results accumulate not only at the individual level, but also at the social level. In this sense, "inherited burden" is based on the unit of the family and, as its extension, of society. 22: 1038:. Uhalley and Wu described it as a "notorious crux in Christian-Confucian dialogue"; "The central issues here are the doctrines of sin as an offense against God, original sin, and redemption, which are, for Christians, revealed doctrines. But all are absent from, rather than contrary to, Confucian values." 832:"refers to the liability for sins and transgressions that individuals and societies inherit from their predecessors. As fault and blame are passed from one generation to another, calamities and misfortune increase." Later generations can make amends for the sins of their ancestors, through reflective 530:
Defining "folk Buddhism" as "a simplified form which even the uneducated could understand," folk Buddhism rapidly brought notions of sins and their punishments to China, with texts from the second century CE noting out various punishments experienced in various hells. This belief acted to address the
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If we apply our definition of "sin" – a violation of a divine code – Chinese folk religion before the Han period (206 B.C.) seems not to have had the concept of sin, although it recognized a great number of supernatural beings. People who offended the deities, spirits, or other supernatural beings by
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can be defined as actions, behaviour, and thoughts which violate rules set up by supernatural powers. This violation of rules set by earthly powers results in the development of the emotional concept of ‘legal guilt’. Evidently, this notion of ‘sin’ and its accompanying emotions are ingrained within
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The Celestial Masters adapted Yellow Turban beliefs about sin, in which sin was seen to be the cause of sickness and other ailments, and was best absolved through, often public, confession, as well as other penitential acts that fostered either self-reflection or community service. For the sickness
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The role of "sin" in Daoism is frequently misconstrued. For instance, one introductory text claims, "Taoism has no doctrine of sin. Ethics should be incidental to spiritual values, and indeed, there is no ideograph in Chinese which conveys the Western conception of sin and a sense of guilt." As
406:. Fürer-Haimendorf explains that Christian missionaries discovered sin was not a universally shared concept across cultures. This raised questions about whether they believed some behaviour was deemed undesirable for the collective and if it influenced their relationship with the supernatural. 1167:
Bode criticized this position: "Eberhard's separation of shame from guilt and sin seems to be too absolute and arbitrary. Surely in traditional China, as in other societies, all three feelings frequently entered into cases of wrongdoing, even though their proportions might vary according to the
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Sin and guilt are generally viewed from a Christian perspective in which sin is rebellion against the will of God, and consequent guilt is the feeling of rejection by the divine. Such sin and guilt is, of course, not experienced in the Buddhist context. However, it may be possible to employ the
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blamed their lack of converts upon Chinese misunderstandings of "sin". John Griffith claimed, "Sin, however, in the Scriptural sense, is not recognized by their system. The contrast of good and evil, according to their view, resolves itself into a difference in degree."
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caused by these sins, confession was also used, as well as holy water, as the root cause of ill health was perceived to be sin. In this system, there was no strong demarcation between legal and moral dimensions, with the gods acting as recordkeepers of misdeeds.
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relates confession to the idea that political and cosmic diseases are caused by humans and must be cured on the individual level. Sin, in this text, is the failure to act in accord with one's social role, thereby blocking the circulation of the Dao's energies.
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of sin, and, "The knowledge of God in Confucianism, which has become a heritage of the Chinese people, is very precious; but the restriction of the worship of Him to the sovereign has prevented the growth and wide development among them of a sense of sin."
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The Yellow Turbans converted people to their cause through healing practices, including old methods such as incantation and doses of water infused with the ashes of talismans, and a new one – confession of sins. This latter practice is significant. The
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This scripture teaches that sins result in natural disasters, epidemics, social discontent, and war. "Evil has accumulated for innumerable generations through the inheritance of sins", and heaven has sent the Celestial Master to save humanity. The
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nominally means "fault; mistake; error; excess" and verbally "pass by; go past; surpass; cross; exceed". The specialized sense of "sin" is usually limited to Daoist usage, except for the Chinese "synonym compound"
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explains, "Essentially, pāpa is that which leads one away from nirvāṇa, and is closer to the concept of error than an offence against divine authority or a condition innate in human nature such as original sin."
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In Buddhism, the good and evil performed by an individual in past lives is reflected in what form his or her present life takes, and good and evil behavior in the present life determines future rebirth.
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based on feelings of guilt and the threat of punishment. Western scholars generally classify the Chinese and Japanese societies as shame based, emphasizing the psychological fear of
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disagreed with Eberhard's conclusion that early Chinese religions disregarded "sin" because our understanding of ancient Chinese religion is still developing. For instance, in the
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for flood and fire and metaphor for suffering) in penitence, lie on the (preferably frozen) ground, with hands tied behind his back (like a criminal), and confess past sins.
748:過 "excess; sin" causes sickness and confession cures it. The recorded history of Daoist "sin" began in the 2nd-century CE, contemporaneous with the Buddhist introduction of 1164:
the internalised social norms of Chinese culture. The ‘shame’ context are not contradictory to sin but rather adhere to and strengthen Chinese social norms and laws.
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perennial concern of the good lives granted to so many immoral people, a question that had been resigned to the mystery of fate in pre-Buddhist ethics.
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have advocated for the doctrine of original sin as having warrant in mainland China due to the sociopolitical unrest that it has recently experienced.
623:"community". Buddhist confession is not considered an appeal for divine absolution, but an aid to spiritual progress and clearing karmic obstacles. 948:"Sacred Jewel" School of Daoism, which originated in the early 5th century, adapted Buddhist many precepts such as sin and reincarnation. The 888:
In cases where Daoist religious practices did not cure sickness, "the failure was said to be caused by their not keeping faith with the Dao".
633:"dirty; vile; abominable; ugly" to denote "sin", and correspondingly, "the Buddhist 'paradise,' the place in which there is no sin" is called 881:
in 142 CE, taught that the gods maintained celestial registers of good and evil deeds, and regarded sickness as divine punishment for sins.
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Bodde also disagreed with Eberhard because a broad statement is made while our knowledge of ancient Chinese religion is still developing.
520: 1385: 1301: 700: 375:罪過(兒) "fault; wicked act; sin; offense", which is a humble expression for "guilty conscience; this is really more than I deserve." 895:塗炭齋 "mud and ashes retreat" was a Celestial Master ritual meant to rescue the participants and their ancestors from sufferings in 1118:
described the "vague" Chinese idea of sin, and "the task of tasks is to bring home to the native mind the sense of what sin is.
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Chinese Thought, Society, and Science: the intellectual and social background of science and technology in pre-modern China
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Griffith, John (1859). "The Ethics of the Chinese, with special reference to the Doctrines of Human Nature and Sin".
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Early Daoist religious movements – Yellow Turban, Celestial Master, and Highest Clarity schools – believed that
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The sin to study on your own, without a teacher, or transmit the teachings without proper authorization. ...
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because that is the day when the spirits of one's body reported sins and transgressions to the Sage Lord.
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refuted the common Western belief that Chinese and Japanese religions have no sense of "sin" or "guilt".
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Bloom, Alfred. (1967), "The Sense of Sin and Guilt and the Last Age in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism,"
1189: 1133: 1101: 1042: 1035: 953: 657: 80: 1010:功過格 "ledgers of merit and demerit" became widespread, with sins divinely calculated as demerit points. 236:(with "have; there is") which means guilty (of an offense). In contrast, some are unequivocal, such as 960:
The sin to disregard the scriptures and precepts, harbor doubts or be in two minds about the teaching.
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Kaltenmark, Max (1979). "The Ideology of the T'ai-p'ing ching". In Holmes Welch; Anna Seidel (eds.).
1194: 379: 1199: 269:非 "wrong", ideographically depicting, "A 网 net used to capture the criminal who has done 非 wrong". 1467: 1263: 1122: 1013: 638: 76: 72: 813:"inner power" without teaching them to others, and accumulating riches without aiding the poor. 222:
Apart from crime and sin, Zui can also be used to describe suffering, hardships and blame. Some
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Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von (1974). "The Sense of Sin in Cross-Cultural Perspective".
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The religions of China: Confucianism and Tâoism described and compared with Christianity
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Heaven and Earth are not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy
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The sin to steal the texts of the scriptures or practice without the proper teacher.
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In the 1980s-1990s, after the end of the Cultural Revolution, a number of Chinese
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An introduction to the philosophy and religion of Taoism: pathways to immortality
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In Highest Clarity tradition, annual confession of sins was required on the
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The sin to despise the sagely writings or criticize the sacred scriptures.
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described the importance of karmic "merit" in Chinese spiritual thought,
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It further lists 145 sins for "students of the Dao and lay followers":
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Confucius “sin” (tsui) might suggest a violation against divine law.
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Cooper, Jean C., Joseph A. Fitzgerald, and William Stoddart (2010),
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In Chinese, there are two words that can be used to describe "sin":
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as "sin". This context (3/13) quotes Confucius explaining a rhymed
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can be used to describe unintentionally committed crimes or sins.
692:" achievement; result; skill; meritorious service", compounded in 649: 583:"evil; inauspicious; unwholesome", which is translated as Chinese 463: 273:
was used to translate Chinese Buddhist terminology, for instance,
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The sin to make light of the teachers or break the solemn oath.
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characters as罪 "fish trap" and 辠 "crime; punishment" and noted
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originated. While English lexically differentiates theological
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Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
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An Illustrated Introduction to Taoism: The Wisdom of the Sages
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The sin to slander the elders or disregard the heavenly rules.
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dictionary defined the original meanings of these homophonous
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said neither Confucianism nor Daoism knew anything about the
1057:過 "exceed; sin". Some semantically related Chinese words are 1030:
The concept of "sin; offense against god" is a long-standing
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noted that although modern Daoists believe the sin of losing
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acted as "a system of bureaucratic constitutional monarchy".
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The sin to kill living beings or give rise to evil thoughts.
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The sin to criticize your teachers, elders, or anyone else.
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gives examples of the six worst sins, such as accumulating
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Words meaning "sin; violation of religious law" are not a
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based on inculcating feelings of shame and the threat of
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The sin to harbor greed and passion, pride and sloth. ...
824:承負 "inherited burden", roughly comparable with Christian 499:"If you offend Heaven, there is no one you can pray to" ( 107:罪 meaning "crime; guilt; misconduct; sin; fault; blame." 47: 1631: 1629: 1336: 1334: 203:'exceed'). According to the German sociologist 43: 523:
Buddhist missionaries (originally perceived as foreign
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lists 22 sins for "those who pursue the highest Dao":
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are ambiguous between "crime" and "sin". For example,
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can mean "crime, punishment of a crime, and sin", and
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China and Christianity: burdened past, hopeful future
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The sin to intoxicate yourself with wine and spirits.
302:辛 "painful" — emphasizing the "punishment" aspect of 1315:承負 'Inherited burden'". In Fabrizio Pregadio (ed.). 644:
The Buddhist notion of "sin", translated as Chinese
1234: 1826:20.500.11820/10a07287-7f56-4f8b-981c-6014e9bf86b8 619:) emphasizes publicly confessing to the monastic 1707:, State University of New York Press. pp. 100-1. 1546: 1421: 772:(184-205 CE) against the Han dynasty was led by 1073:赦罪 " pardon (a criminal); forgive (a sinner)", 696:功過 "achievements and errors; merits and sins". 1778:Ball, J. Dyer (1927), "Sin (Chinese)," in the 1136:traditionally distinguished two modalities of 348:皇 "emperor" in his name, and replaced it with 1678: 1647: 42:. Consider transferring direct quotations to 8: 1780:Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 22 1277:Facets of Taoism, Essays in Chinese Religion 579:arises from intentions and actions that are 287:罪 "crime; guilt; punishment" had an archaic 983:The sin to pick a fight with a good fellow. 626:In the 5th century, Chinese Buddhists used 519:began circa the 1st or 2nd century CE when 198: 150: 1608: 1596: 1370:ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese 913:would daub his face with mud and ashes (a 603:"confession of sins/infringements (of the 1873:World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review 1824: 1674: 1662: 1584: 1168:background of the particular wrongdoer." 611:懺悔 "repent; confess". The alternate term 83:until around the second century CE, when 1839: 1729:Uhalley, Stephen and Xiaoxin Wu (2001), 1534: 1522: 1497: 1433: 1340: 1279:. Yale University Press. pp. 19–52. 607:code)", which Chinese transliterates as 1330: 780:"The Way of Great Peace", based on the 344:辠 "crime", which graphically resembled 336:made 辠 obsolete. The first Qin emperor 318:劓 "cutting off the nose". The (121 CE) 191: 143: 1635: 1620: 1053:罪 "guilt; sin" rather than the Daoist 681:devotions. The Chinese translation of 1851: 1798:"The East Asian Rediscovery of 'Sin'" 1485: 1100:Some Christian missionaries in China 7: 1866:"Shame researches in mainland China" 1355:Wenlin Software for learning Chinese 1061:懺 "repent; regret; confess (sins)", 848:fundamentally differs from Buddhist 840:首過 "admitting sin"), and corrective 549:When Buddhist missionaries, such as 1705:The Taoist Experience: An Anthology 986:The sin to speak evil or hypocrisy. 952:三元品 "Precepts of the Three Primes" 836:思過 "considering sin", confessional 382:. For instance, the anthropologist 281:罪業 (with "action") "sinful karma". 1513:, Oxford University Press. p. 211. 1448:Guilt and Sin in Traditional China 1358:, version 4.0.1, Wenlin Institute. 1237:Guilt and Sin in Traditional China 1065:悔 "regret, repent; show remorse", 615:向彼悔 "repent sins to others" (from 591:不善 "not good; unholy; bad; evil". 418:辠 or 罪 "crime; guilt" occurred in 277:罪障 (with "obstruction") "sin" and 209:Guilt and Sin in Traditional China 14: 1376:HI: University of Hawaiʻi Press. 1241:. University of California Press. 1225:. University of California Press. 599:Buddhist monks and nuns practice 87:arrived from India and religious 1694:, Sussex Academic Press. p. 143. 828:. Toshiaki Yamada explains that 760:罪 means both "sin" and "guilt." 466:about sacrificing to either the 20: 1716:Schipper, Kristofer M. (1993), 1159:Eberhard explained that sin in 820:introduced the Daoist dogma of 724:Some Buddhist Schools, such as 553:(d. 168 CE), began translating 1221:Bokenkamp, Stephen R. (1997). 701:Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf 181: 172: 164: 133: 71:, in the sense of violating a 1: 1864:Qian, Mingyi (October 2007). 1805:Studies in World Christianity 1216:. University of Hawaii Press. 1049:"sin" with the Buddhist term 844:自責 "blaming oneself". Daoist 454:However, none of the English 1879:(4): 133–136. Archived from 1690:Fowler, Jeaneane D. (2005), 1452:The Journal of Asian Studies 1446:Yü, Ying-shih (May 1968). " 1293:Taoism: Growth of a Religion 875:Way of the Celestial Masters 648:, was explained in terms of 1769:, Charles Scribner. p. 294. 1287:, Indiana University Press. 1045:generally translated Latin 527:Daoists) arrived in China. 332:(221 BCE-206 BCE) imperial 1942: 1404:The Muria and their Ghotul 1317:The Encyclopedia of Taoism 1311:Yamada, Toshiaki (2008). " 1283:Perkins, Franklin (2014), 1733:, M. E. Sharpe. pp. 71-2. 1679:Robinet & Brooks 1997 1648:Robinet & Brooks 1997 1368:Schuessler, Axel (2007). 1173:cross-cultural psychiatry 289:variant Chinese character 124: 33:overly lengthy quotations 1796:Chow, Alexander (2013). 1703:Tr. Kohn, Livia (1993), 1562:14.2:144–149. pp. 144-5. 1511:A Dictionary of Buddhism 1450:, by Wolfram Eberhard". 1171:Based on experiments in 1006:(960–1279), the idea of 803:Scripture of Great Peace 793:Scripture of Great Peace 557:into Chinese, they used 40:summarize the quotations 1409:Oxford University Press 1401:Elwin, Verrier (1947). 1223:Early Daoist Scriptures 770:Yellow Turban Rebellion 354:Modern Standard Chinese 308:traditional Chinese law 1575:. World Wisdom. p. 14. 1509:Keown, Damien (2003), 1069:懺悔 "confess; repent", 863: 798: 722: 709: 443:The Chinese historian 441: 306:. For instance, under 1817:10.3366/swc.2013.0048 1547:Fürer-Haimendorf 1974 1422:Fürer-Haimendorf 1974 1190:Buddhist views on sin 1134:Cultural anthropology 1036:Christianity in China 1002:Beginning around the 854: 788: 717: 711:The Buddhist scholar 705: 658:Chinese folk religion 561:罪 "crime; guilt" for 458:translations renders 436: 155:'crime') and 1786:, pp. 535–537. 1352:Bishop, Tom (2011), 1212:Bodde, Derk (1991). 1195:Islamic views on sin 1129:Sociological aspects 1026:Chinese Christianity 667:"sin; demerit" with 380:linguistic universal 73:universal moral code 1319:. pp. 265–266. 1200:Jewish views on sin 1185:Bahá'í views on sin 1123:Cultural Christians 1091:ke yuanliang de zui 1043:Jesuit missionaries 424:bronze inscriptions 310:, the excruciating 169:traditional Chinese 1916:Chinese philosophy 1083:buke raoshu de zui 1014:Kristofer Schipper 901:地獄 "earth prison; 434:(206 BCE-220 CE). 410:Historical origins 386:, who studied the 265:罒 or 网 "net" over 161:simplified Chinese 77:Chinese philosophy 1921:Religion in China 1231:Eberhard, Wolfram 756:mentioned above, 663:Buddhism opposes 501:A. 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