Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese Buddhism / / April D. Hughes.
Although scholars have long assumed that early Chinese political authority was rooted in Confucianism, rulership in the medieval period was not bound by a single dominant tradition. To acquire power, emperors deployed objects and figures derived from a range of traditions imbued with religious and p...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Worldly Saviors and the Chinese Imperial Landscape
- Chapter 1. Worldly Saviors in Apocalyptic Scriptures
- Chapter 2. Rebels, Imperial Symbols, and Worldly Saviors
- Chapter 3. Yang Jian as the Worldly Savior Prince Moonlight
- Chapter 4. Wu Zhao as the Worldly Saviors Maitreya and Pure Light
- Chapter 5. Wu Zhao as a Wheel-Turning King and the Worldly Savior Moonlight
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- About the Author