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 | Dic 12, 2025 | culture
Geckos and the “Mark of Chastity” in Imperial China: History, Symbolism, and Cultural Context Geckos and the “Mark of Chastity” in Imperial China: History, Symbolism, and Cultural Context Across the long span of imperial Chinese history, the gecko occupied a...
por pedroceinos | Dic 9, 2025 | culture
Why It Is Necessary to Study Suicide in Chinese Culture Why It Is Necessary to Study Suicide in Chinese Culture While drafting new chapters for my Brief History of China, cases of suicide kept appearing in the most diverse circumstances. Ministers and wives who...
