About the author
Hu Baozhu is the author of Believing in Ghosts and Spirits: The Concept of GUI in Ancient China, published by Routledge in scholarly editions in 2020 and 2022. The book examines the character gui, central to ancient Chinese ideas about ghosts and spirits, and uses it to map the religious landscape of early China, drawing on a range of historical and textual sources. As an academic Routledge title, it is written for readers with an interest in Chinese religious history and the history of ideas about the spirit world, rather than for general readers of popular ghost literature. The catalogue lists no other titles under this name, so this account rests solely on the one book's stated scope and publisher, placing it closer to sinology and religious studies than to popular occult writing.
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“Hu Baozhu delivers a dense, scholarly examination that demands patience and academic focus. While the linguistic and archaeological insights are robust, this text is strictly for readers with a background in sinology or…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Believing in Ghosts and Spirits: The Concept of GUI in Ancient China Baozhu, Hu
“Hu’s text offers a rigorous academic exploration of ancient Chinese spiritual cosmology, mapping the complex religious beliefs surrounding *gui*. While it serves as a vital resource for specialists in sinology and comparative…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Believing in Ghosts and Spirits: The Concept of GUI in Ancient China Baozhu, Hu
