Name: Power of the Words: Chen Prophecy in Chinese Politics, ad 265-618 (en Inglés)
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Author: Zongli Lu
ISBN: 9780820458687

portada Power of the Words: Chen Prophecy in Chinese Politics, ad 265-618 (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Peter Lang

Autor

Zongli Lu

Año

2004

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

349

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780820458687

Categorías

China
Historia de asia

Power of the Words: Chen Prophecy in Chinese Politics, ad 265-618 (en Inglés)

Zongli Lu (Autor) · Peter Lang · Tapa Blanda

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This is a study of the sociopolitical role of the belief in chen prophecy in early medieval China. The chen prophecies discussed in this work are not confined to the traditional prophetic-apocryphal texts. Many contemporary prophencies emerged and circulated in association with current events; personal names, reign titles, poems, folk and children's rhymes, even rumor-rhymes were recognized as heavenly revelations. Although prophetic utterances were used as psychological weapons in politics, it would be wrong to regard chen prophecy as simply political propaganda. Chen prophecies were believed to be genuine prophetic messages at the time. Chen prophecy was an indispensable part of a symbolic ritual of legitimation of mandate-transfer. It was recognized as a coded revelation that derived its prophetic power from the primitive belief in the magic power of words. The emphasis on winning public acceptance may have been another source of its prophetic power. Social integration, legitimation of dynastic change, and the hopes for a better future in an age of tumult thus depended on the belief in the interaction between Heaven's mandate and man's destiny. Contents: Prophetic power of folk rhyme - Poetry and prophecy - Prophetic utterances - Early medieval China - Mandate of Heaven - Power of words - Word-play magic - Codifying and decoding heavenly revelation.