Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom

by Julia Ching

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521468280
• ISBN13: 9780521468282
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"