Mysticism and kingship in China : the heart of Chinese wisdom / Julia Ching.
Mysticism and kingship in China : the heart of Chinese wisdom / Julia Ching.
Mysticism and kingship in China : the heart of Chinese wisdom / Julia Ching.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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1997.
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N303.30951/2
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English
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xxi, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Son of Heaven: shamanic kingship -- 2. Son of Heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm -- 3. The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm -- 4. The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm -- 5. The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics -- 6. The mys...
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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England
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1997.
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But the sage-king idea continued, promoting expectation of benevolent despotism rather than democratisation in Chinese civilisation....
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Mysticism and kingship in China : the heart of Chinese wisdom / Julia Ching.
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Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; 11.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-293) and index.
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0521468280 (paperback)
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299.51
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