Groot,Jan Jakob Maria de. — The religious system of China. Its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith. Published with a subvention from the Dutch colonial government. Book I & II. [Complete -6-volume set. / Reprint edition].

Taipei, Ch'eng Wen Pub. Co. , 1976. 2 main parts in 6 vols. XXI,1468; 1341 pp. B./w. figs & 75 plts with b./w. ills. Orig. uniform hardcovers. 8vo.Complete 6-volume set: Vol. I - III: Disposal of the dead. Vol. IV-VI: On the soul and ancestral worship. -- This complete reprint of this monumental work by the Dutch sinologist Jan Jakob Maria de Groot is structured into two thematic main books divided into six chronological parts (volumes). Although De Groot originally intended to write a much larger series covering all facets of Chinese religion, the project was halted after six volumes (originally published between 1892 and 1910 by E.J. Brill in Leiden). The exact structure and organization of the published set is as follows: Book I: Disposal of the Dead (Volumes 1 through 3). This first main volume focuses entirely on the Chinese treatment of the dead, funeral rituals, tombs, and the deeply rooted culture of mourning. The second main volume shifts the focus to Chinese animism, the workings of the human soul, the spirit world, and the origins of Taoism. - Text in English.