Creating Confucian authority : the field of ritual learning in early China to 9 CE
Robert Chard
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
| Omfang | viii, 223 sider
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| Opplysninger | The golden age of ritual : the world of the Zuo zhuan, and the analects (Lun yu) on Confucius -- The ritual culture of the Ru : ritual learning in the Warring States and early Han -- The "victory" of ritual learning : Western Han -- Conclusion and final arguments.. - "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"--
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| ISBN | 9789004461918
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