por pedroceinos | Ene 11, 2026 | books
Suicide Caused by the Sale of Wives in Late Imperial China Suicide Caused by the Sale of Wives in Late Imperial China During the Qing dynasty, family relations were a constant cause of suicide, especially for women. Many of the distinctive features of Chinese marriage...
por pedroceinos | Ene 8, 2026 | books, travel
Discover the Treasure of Weibaoshan Mountain in Yunnan Discover the Treasure of Weibaoshan Mountain in Yunnan Weibao Mountain (巍宝山) is one of the sacred mountains of Yunnan. Within its relatively small area it brings together a historical, artistic, natural, and...
por pedroceinos | Ene 5, 2026 | books, culture
The Dog as Psychopomp in China The Dog as Psychopomp in China One of the oldest human beliefs was that after death there existed an immaterial part of the person—later called the soul or spirit—that did not disappear with the body. Its origin may lie in the “presence”...
por pedroceinos | Ene 3, 2026 | books, culture
An ambitious project to rewrite history An ambitious project to rewrite history. It is what we see in Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene, The Nomadic Leviathan. A Critique of the Sinocentric Paradigm. Brill. Leiden. 2023. Now free to download in the publisher’s webpage. This book...
por pedroceinos | Ene 2, 2026 | books, culture
Why I devoted more than a year to researching suicide in Chinese culture Why I devoted more than a year to researching suicide in Chinese culture In early November 2022 my friend, the psychiatrist Luz González Sánchez, told me that she was preparing a lecture on...
por pedroceinos | Oct 1, 2025 | books, culture, folklore
Legends of the Mother Goddess Legends of the Mother Goddess I am pleased to share with all you that the Italian translation of my book Legends of the Mother Goddess (and Other Myths of Goddesses and Women from the Peoples of China) has now been published and is...
