Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom by Julia Ching

Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom

Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions

Julia Ching

328 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion sociology
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In this book, Julia Ching offers a survey of over 4,000 years of Chinese civilization through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship w...

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