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| Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom | ||
| 作者 | Ching, Julia (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 1997.11 |
| 頁次 | 328 |
| 出版者 | Cambridge University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.cambridge.org/ |
| 出版地 | Cambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國] |
| 叢書名 | Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Julia Ching, University of Toronto. |
| 摘要 | 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. |
| 目次 | Preface x 1. Son of heaven: shamanic kingship 1 2. Son of heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm 35 3. The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm 67 4. The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm 99 5. The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics 132 6. The mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm 170 7. The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm 206 8. All under heaven: political power and the periphery 235 A Glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms 272 Bibliography 278 Index 294 |
| ISBN | 9780521468282 (pbk); 9780521462938 (hc) |
| 點閱次數 | 1 |
| 建檔日期 | 2025.09.17 |
| 更新日期 | 2025.09.17 |
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