Worldly saviors and imperial authority in medieval Chinese Buddhism / April D. Hughes.
Hughes, April D., author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2021
BQ638 .H85 2021
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Title Worldly saviors and imperial authority in medieval Chinese Buddhism / April D. Hughes.
Author Hughes, April D., author.
ISBN 9780824888701
0824888707
9780824888756
0824888758
9780824888763
0824888766
9780824886264
Published Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2021]
Copyright ©2021
Language English
Description 1 online resource ( 199 pages)
Call Number BQ638 .H85 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.3/85
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Worldly Saviors and the Chinese Imperial Landscape
Chapter 1. Worldly Saviors in Apocalyptic Scriptures
Chapter 2. Rebels, Imperial Symbols, and Worldly Saviors
Chapter 3. Yang Jian as the Worldly Savior Prince Moonlight
Chapter 4. Wu Zhao as the Worldly Saviors Maitreya and Pure Light
Chapter 5. Wu Zhao as a Wheel-Turning King and the Worldly Savior Moonlight
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

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