Imperial China and the state cult of Confucius
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Imperial China and the state cult of Confucius
McFarland, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Initiated during the Former Han Dynasty in 136 BCE, the state cult of Confucius endured for more than 2000 years as the civil religion of a vast empire that ever-renewed itself despite periodic disunity and barbarian conquests. This was a weak agrarian state whose foundation was a Neolithic peasantry, whose archaic state-idea traces to the dawn of Chinese civilization, and whose ruling elite earned its credentials in civil service examinations based on classic Confucianism dating to pre-imperial times--all centered on the political thinking of a late Bronze Age philosopher.
This work explores the political logic of old China's archaic civilization, where court protocol was the very essence of a liturgical government whose philosophical basis rested on the scriptural authority of Confucian teachings. Here is the historical paradox (vast empire, weak state) resolved in this book. By looking into the state cult of Confucius and its origins, the illogical begins to look reasonable for the pre-modern conditions of antiquity. Included are 128 photographs along with an appendix covering the Great Chinese Museum of New York and a bibliographic essay offering essential information on important works of Sinology.
目次
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Antiquity and the Modern State
2. Apostolic Succession
3. From Village to Empire
4. The Green Circle
5. Confucianism in Life and Learning
6. Examination Hell
Appendix: The Great Chinese Museum of New York
Bibliographic Essay
Index
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