Confucianism and Sacred Space : : The Confucius Temple from Imperial China to Today / / Chin-shing Huang.
Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. These sacred and magnificent sanctuaries hold deep cultural and political significance.This book brings together studies from Chin-shing Huang’s decades-long research into Confucius t...
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Huang, Chin-shing, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Confucianism and Sacred Space : The Confucius Temple from Imperial China to Today / Chin-shing Huang. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020] ©2021 1 online resource : 8 b&w photographs and illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Confucius Temple as a Ritual System: Manifestations of Power, Belief, and Legitimacy in Traditional China -- I. Expanding the Symbolic Meaning and Function of the Rites: The Evolution of Confucius Temples in Imperial China -- II. Confucianism as a Religion: A Comparative Study of Traditional Chinese Religions -- III. Sages and Saints: A Comparative Study of Canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- IV. The Cultural Politics of Autocracy: The Confucius Temple and Ming Despotism, 1368– 1530 -- V. Xunzi: The Confucius Temple’s Absentee -- VI. The Disenchantment with Confucianism in Modern China -- VII. The Lonely Confucius Temples Across the Taiwan Straits: The Difficult Transformation of Modern China’s Traditional Culture -- Conclusion: Reflections on My Study of Confucianism as a Religion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. These sacred and magnificent sanctuaries hold deep cultural and political significance.This book brings together studies from Chin-shing Huang’s decades-long research into Confucius temples that individually and collectively consider Confucianism as religion. Huang uses the Confucius temple to explore Confucianism both as one of China’s “three religions” (with Buddhism and Daoism) and as a cultural phenomenon, from the early imperial era through the present day. He argues for viewing Confucius temples as the holy ground of Confucianism, symbolic sites of sacred space that represent a point of convergence between political and cultural power. Their complex histories shed light on the religious nature and character of Confucianism and its status as official religion in imperial China. Huang examines topics such as the political and intellectual elements of Confucian enshrinement, how Confucius temples were brought into the imperial ritual system from the Tang dynasty onward, and why modern Chinese largely do not think of Confucianism as a religion.A nuanced analysis of the question of Confucianism as religion, Confucianism and Sacred Space offers keen insights into Confucius temples and their significance in the intertwined intellectual, political, social, and religious histories of imperial China. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Confucianism China. Temples, Confucian China. RELIGION / Confucianism. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739077 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2020 English 9783110704778 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2020 9783110704570 ZDB-23-DGF https://doi.org/10.7312/huan19896 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231552899 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231552899/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Confucius Temple as a Ritual System: Manifestations of Power, Belief, and Legitimacy in Traditional China -- I. Expanding the Symbolic Meaning and Function of the Rites: The Evolution of Confucius Temples in Imperial China -- II. Confucianism as a Religion: A Comparative Study of Traditional Chinese Religions -- III. Sages and Saints: A Comparative Study of Canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- IV. The Cultural Politics of Autocracy: The Confucius Temple and Ming Despotism, 1368– 1530 -- V. Xunzi: The Confucius Temple’s Absentee -- VI. The Disenchantment with Confucianism in Modern China -- VII. The Lonely Confucius Temples Across the Taiwan Straits: The Difficult Transformation of Modern China’s Traditional Culture -- Conclusion: Reflections on My Study of Confucianism as a Religion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Confucius Temple as a Ritual System: Manifestations of Power, Belief, and Legitimacy in Traditional China -- I. Expanding the Symbolic Meaning and Function of the Rites: The Evolution of Confucius Temples in Imperial China -- II. Confucianism as a Religion: A Comparative Study of Traditional Chinese Religions -- III. Sages and Saints: A Comparative Study of Canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- IV. The Cultural Politics of Autocracy: The Confucius Temple and Ming Despotism, 1368– 1530 -- V. Xunzi: The Confucius Temple’s Absentee -- VI. The Disenchantment with Confucianism in Modern China -- VII. The Lonely Confucius Temples Across the Taiwan Straits: The Difficult Transformation of Modern China’s Traditional Culture -- Conclusion: Reflections on My Study of Confucianism as a Religion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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