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Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China (Hardcover, New)
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Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China (Hardcover, New)
Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by
religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from
206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the
concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were
used to forecast the future or to solve immediate problems. Michael
Loewe examines these changes and the links between religion and
statecraft. While both mythology and the traditions nurtured by the
learned affected the concept and practice of monarchy throughout
the period, the political and social weaknesses of the last century
of Han rule bring into question the success that was achieved by
the imperial ideal. Nevertheless, that ideal and its institutions
were of prime importance for the understanding of Han times and for
the influence they exercised on China's later dynasties.
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