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Mysticism and kingship in China
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ISBN: 0521462932 0521468280 0511612044 0511007485 9780521468282 9780511612046 9780521462938 Year: 1997 Volume: 11 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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In this book, Julia Ching offers a magisterial survey of over four thousand years of Chinese civilisation through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits. Over time, these associations were retained, though sidelined, as the sage-king myth became a model for the actual ruler, with a messianic appeal for the ruled. As a paradigm, it also became appropriated by private individuals who strove for wisdom without becoming kings. As the Confucian tradition interacted with the Taoist and the Buddhist, the religious character of spiritual and mystical cultivation became more pronounced. But the sage-king idea continued, promoting expectations of benevolent despotism rather than democratisation in Chinese civilisation.


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To acquire wisdom : the way of Wang Yang-ming
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ISBN: 0231039387 9780231039383 Year: 1976 Volume: 16 11 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Columbia university press

The religious thought of Chu Hsi
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ISBN: 0195091892 Year: 2000 Publisher: Oxford Oxford university press

The religious thought of Chu Hsi
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ISBN: 1280527617 0195357892 1429403691 9781429403696 0195091892 9780195091892 9780195357899 019774088X Year: 2000 Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,

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Julia Ching, a noted scholar of Neo-Confucian thought, provides an examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on extensive reading in both primary and secondary sources.


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Chinese religions
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Year: 1993 Publisher: Maryknoll, N.Y. Orbis Books

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The butterfly healing : a life between East and West.
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ISBN: 1570752370 Year: 1998 Publisher: Maryknoll Orbis

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To acquire wisdom : the way of Wang Yang-ming
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Year: 1976 Publisher: New York, London Columbia University Press

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Confucianism and Christianity : a comparative study
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Year: 1977 Publisher: Tokyo - New York - San Francisco Kodansha International, Institute of oriental religions

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