The Myth That China Has No Creation Myth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20355197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul R Goldin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monumenta Serica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0254-9948 • E-ISSN: 2057-1690 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/mon.2008.56.1.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2088297292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
It is often averred, as one of the prime differences between China and the West, that China has no myths of cosmogony. One of the earliest examples is a remark by the missionary E.J. Eitel (1838-1908) from 1879: The idea of creation out of nothing has ever remained entirely foreign to the Chinese mind, so much so that there is no word in the language to express the idea of creation ex nihilo.1 Over time, claims about the lack of Chinese creation myths have only become more inflated. Take the view of Derk Bodde
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Art history · China · Literature · Mythology · Chinese history and philosophy · History
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Expanding Horizons in the History of Science
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Creation myths and generative ontology in ancient China
A Creator of the World and a Counter-Myth
Reconstructing a Theory of Mind in the Mengzi
The Ludibrium of Living Well
Traveling through an Ocean of Wonders
Shamanism Theory and the Early Chinese Wu
Body and Mind in Early China
Mountains and Early Daoism in the Writings of Ge Hong
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |