Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers
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....
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tang Wu Hou, China, Kaiserin 624-705
/ China
/ Religious policy (Motif)
/ State religion
/ State cult
/ Cult
/ Ancestor cult
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Politics
History
China
B Wu hou, 624-705 B Goddesses, Chinese History B Ancestor worship History China B Buddhism and state History China |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | ISBN der Paperback-Ausgabe von der Buch-Rückseite Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0231169396 |