Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York
Columbia Univ. Press
2015
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| Schriftenreihe: | The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction: Wu Zhao and her pantheon of female political ancestors -- Part I. The goddesses of antiquity -- Wu Zhao as the late seventh-century avatar of primordial goddess Nüwa -- Sanctifying Luoyang: the Luo River goddess and Wu Zhao -- First ladies of sericulture: Wu Zhao and Leizu -- Part II. Dynastic mothers, exemplary mothers -- The mother of Qi and Wu Zhao: connecting to antiquity, elevating Mount Song -- Ur-mothers birthing the Zhou line: Jiang Yuan and Wu Zhao -- Wenmu and Wu Zhao: two mothers of Zhou -- Four exemplary women in Wu Zhao's regulations for ministers -- Part III. Drawing the numinous energies of female Daoist divinities -- The Queen Mother of the West and Wu Zhao -- The mother of Laozi and Wu Zhao: from one grand dowager to another -- Rejected from the pantheon: the ill-timed rise of the cult of Wei Huacun -- Part IV. Buddhist devis and goddesses -- Dharma echoes of Mother My in Wu Zhao -- Channeling pure radiance: Wu Zhao and Devi Jingguang -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Wu Zhao's pantheon of female political ancestors |
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| Beschreibung: | XXII, 357 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780231169387 0231169388 |