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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 8 b&w photographs and illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 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