Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Son of Heaven: shamanic kingship
- 2 Son of Heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm
- 3 The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm
- 4 The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm
- 5 The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics
- 6 The mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm
- 7 The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm
- 8 All under Heaven: political power and the periphery
- A glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Son of Heaven: shamanic kingship
- 2 Son of Heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm
- 3 The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm
- 4 The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm
- 5 The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics
- 6 The mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm
- 7 The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm
- 8 All under Heaven: political power and the periphery
- A glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Mysticism and Kingship in ChinaThe Heart of Chinese Wisdom, pp. ixPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1997