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Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers
- Title
- Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers / N. Harry Rothschild.
- Author
- Rothschild, N. Harry
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 357 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
- Uniform Title
- Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4423
- ISBN
- 9780231169387
- 0231169388
- 9780231539180 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014028256
- OCLC
- 897632384
- Author
- Rothschild, N. Harry, author.
- Title
- Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers / N. Harry Rothschild.
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studiesSheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4423