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Mysticism and Kingship in China The Heart of Chinese Wisdom

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ISBN-10: 0521468280

ISBN-13: 9780521468282

Edition: 1997

Authors: Julia Ching, John Clayton, Steven Collins, William Graham, Nicholas De Lange

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Ching surveys 4,000 years of Chinese civilisation through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism, and argues that the institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits.
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Book details

List price: $65.99
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface
Son of heaven: shamanic kingship
Son of heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm
The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm
The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm
The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics
The mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm
The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm
All under heaven: political power and the periphery
A Glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms
Bibliography
Index
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