Mandarins and heretics: the construction of "heresy" in Chinese state discourse
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 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 Cons...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in Chinese societies
volume 11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Folk religion
/ Religious group
/ Religious policy
/ Religious persecution
/ Heresy
/ Historiography
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| Further subjects: | B
Religion And Politics (China)
History
B Sects B Cults (China) History B Religion and state (China) History B China B Religion and state B Sects (China) History B China Religion History B Thesis B Religion And Politics B Cults |
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| Summary: | Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004331409 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004331402 |