Mysticism and Kingship in China - The Heart of Chinese Wisdom

List of contents

Preface; 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 mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm; 7. The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm; 8. All under heaven: political power and the periphery; A Glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

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. Lucidly written, the book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand how today's China continues to draw on its past.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Ching, Julia (University of Toronto) Ching
• Assisted by: John Clayton (Editor), Steven Collins (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1997
• EAN: 9780521468282
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46828-2
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works