Mysticism and Kingship in China

Name: Mysticism and Kingship in China
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521468282
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The Heart of Chinese Wisdom

Szerző: Julia Ching

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Cambridge University Press

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In this book, Julia Ching offers a magisterial survey of over four thousand years of Chinese civilis...

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Szerző

Julia Ching

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

1997

oldal

328

EAN

9780521468282

ISBN

0521468280

Enbook ID

02032096

Kiadó

Cambridge University Press

Súly

494

Méretek

300 x 157 x 29

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In this book, Julia Ching offers a magisterial survey of over four thousand years of Chinese civilisation through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits. Over time, these associations were retained, though sidelined, as the sage-king myth became a model for the actual ruler, with a messianic appeal for the ruled. As a paradigm, it also became appropriated by private individuals who strove for wisdom without becoming kings. As the Confucian tradition interacted with the Taoist and the Buddhist, the religious character of spiritual and mystical cultivation became more pronounced. But the sage-king idea continued, promoting expectations of benevolent despotism rather than democratisation in Chinese civilisation.

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