Mandarins and heretics : the construction of "heresy" in Chinese state discourse / by Junqing Wu.
2017
BL1803 .W825 2017
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Title
Mandarins and heretics : the construction of "heresy" in Chinese state discourse / by Junqing Wu.
Author
Wu, Junqing, 1984- author.
ISBN
9789004331396 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004331396
9789004331402 (e-book)
9789004331396
9789004331402 (e-book)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (190 pages)
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BL1803 .W825 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
299.5/1165
Summary
"In Mandarins and Heretics, Wu Junqing explores the denunciation and persecution of lay religious groups in late imperial (14th to 20th century) China. These groups varied greatly in their organisation and teaching, yet in official state records they are routinely portrayed as belonging to the same esoteric tradition, stigmatised under generic labels such as "White Lotus" and "evil teaching", and accused of black magic, sedition and messianic agitation. Wu Junqing convincingly demonstrates that this "heresy construct" was not a reflection of historical reality but a product of the Chinese historiographical tradition, with its uncritical reliance on official sources. The imperial heresy construct remains influential in modern China, where it contributes to shaping policy towards unlicensed religious groups."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Religion in Chinese societies ; volume 11.
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Table of Contents
Mandarin wine in Western wineskins: terminological problems
A pre-history: black magic and Messianism in early political and
Legal discourse
Landscape of late imperial religious life
Black magic in the heresy construct
Messianism in the heresy construct
Victims of the heresy construct
Heresy in the modern era: transmission and transformation.
A pre-history: black magic and Messianism in early political and
Legal discourse
Landscape of late imperial religious life
Black magic in the heresy construct
Messianism in the heresy construct
Victims of the heresy construct
Heresy in the modern era: transmission and transformation.