Creating Confucian Authority : : The Field of Ritual Learning in Early China to 9 CE.
"Ritual Learning was the engine that drove the cultural dominance of Confucianism. In early China, Confucian officials derive political influence from the sub-discipline of ritual. Imperial regimes establish legitimacy through their state religion, headed by cults to ancestors and to deities of...
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| Superior document: | Sinica Leidensia |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2021. ©2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
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| Other title: | Creating Confucian Authority |
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| Summary: | "Ritual Learning was the engine that drove the cultural dominance of Confucianism. In early China, Confucian officials derive political influence from the sub-discipline of ritual. Imperial regimes establish legitimacy through their state religion, headed by cults to ancestors and to deities of Heaven and Earth. Ritual Learning allows Confucian-educated officials to assert control over these cults, and reshape dynastic legitimacy according to their own design, claimed to derive from the sage kings of antiquity. Confucianism is not just a philosophical and intellectual tradition. Through its ritual tradition, it has cultural and political power, like that of a religion, allowing it to perpetuate itself successfully over time, even in contemporary China"-- |
| ISBN: | 9004465316 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |