Chinese Underworld Atlas

Atlas

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The four volumes

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People, places, institutions and rebirth. Each volume follows its own thread.

Deities, guardians and attendants, grouped by their narrative roles.

Gates, rivers, bridges and cities along an imagined journey.

The Ten Courts, judges’ offices and traditions of the hells.

The six realms, karma and cultural ideas of rebirth.