Mysticism and Kingship in China
The Heart of Chinese Wisdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions; 11;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 13 November 1997
- ISBN 9780521462938
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages326 pages
- Size 235x157x23 mm
- Weight 560 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 b/w illus. 0
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Short description:
Surveys over four thousand years of Chinese civilisation through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism.
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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.
"Ching's study presents a masterful survey of Chinese history and religion." Religious Studies Review
Table 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.
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