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Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers /
Wu Zhao (624--705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she rise to power, and why was she never overthrown? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries, this multifaceted history suggest...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.