Creating Confucian Authority

Creating Confucian Authority
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 231
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ISBN-10 : 9789004465312
ISBN-13 : 9004465316
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Book Synopsis Creating Confucian Authority by : Robert L. Chard

Download or read book Creating Confucian Authority written by Robert L. Chard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual Learning is a key driver in 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 sacrifices 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 expertise, 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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