Divine Kingship in Ancient China
1957; Brill; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1163/156852757x00112
ISSN1568-5276
Autores Tópico(s)Chinese history and philosophy
ResumoFor nearly three thousand years in China, until the abolition of the monarchy in I9II, the emperor was the focus of those ritual activities by which the prosperity and well-being of the whole empire were established from year to year. The ritual was designed to harmonize all human life and activities with the cosmic forces which governed heaven and earth, and, at the same time, it constituted an attempt to control the unpredictable elements of human experience. From the earliest historical times the civilization of China was based
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