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出版者:Columbia University Press

作者:N. Henry Rothschild

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頁數:384

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出版時間:2015-6-16

價格:USD 40.00

裝幀:Hardcover

isbn號碼:9780231169387

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隋唐史
武則天
海外中國研究
中國古代史
中古史
隋唐五代史
唐
曆史學
Wu Zhao
Empress Wu
Chinese History
Gender Studies
Religion
Buddhism
Daoism
Imperial Cult
Women in Power
Dynastic Studies

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Wu Zhao (624-705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she rise to power, and why was she never overthrown? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries, this multifaceted history suggests that Wu Zhao drew on China's rich pantheon of female divinities and eminent women to aid in her reign.

Wu Zhao could not obtain political authority through conventional channels, but she could afford to ignore norms and tradition. Deploying language, symbol, and ideology, she harnessed the cultural resonance, maternal force, divine energy, and historical weight of Buddhist devis, Confucian exemplars, Daoist immortals, and mythic goddesses, establishing legitimacy within and beyond the confines of Confucian ideology. Tapping into deep, powerful subterranean reservoirs of female power, Wu Zhao built a pantheon of female divinities carefully calibrated to meet her needs at court. Her pageant was promoted in scripted rhetoric, reinforced through poetry, celebrated in theatrical productions, and inscribed on steles. Rendered with deft political acumen and aesthetic flair, these affiliations significantly enhanced Wu Zhao's authority and cast her as the human vessel through which the pantheon's divine energy flowed. Her strategy is a model of political brilliance and proof that medieval Chinese women enjoyed a more complex social status than previously known.

作者簡介

N. Harry Rothschild is associate professor of Asian history at the University of North Florida. He specializes in Tang history and the study of women and gender in China and East Asia. He is also the author of Wu Zhao, China's Only Female Emperor.

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List of Illustrations
Dynasties and Rulers Through the Mid-Tang
Wu Zhao's Titles at Different Stages of Her Career
Reign Eras from 655 to 705
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Female Political Ancestors
I. Goddesses of Antiquity
1. Wu Zhao as the Late Seventh-Century Avatar of Primordial Goddess Nüwa
2. Sanctifying Luoyang: The Luo River Goddess and Wu Zhao
3. First Ladies of Sericulture: Wu Zhao and Leizu
II. Dynastic Mothers, Exemplary Mothers
4. The Mother of Qi and Wu Zhao: Connecting to Antiquity, Elevating Mount Song
5. Ur-Mothers Birthing the Zhou Line: Jiang Yuan and Wu Zhao
6. Wenmu and Wu Zhao: Two Mothers of Zhou
7. Four Exemplary Women in Wu Zhao's Regulations for Ministers
III. Drawing the Numinous Energies of Female Daoist Divinities
8. The Queen Mother of the West and Wu Zhao
9. The Mother of Laozi and Wu Zhao: From One Grand Dowager to Another
10. Rejected from the Pantheon: The Ill-Timed Rise of the Cult of Wei Huacun
IV. Buddhist Devis and Goddesses
11. Dharma Echoes of Mother Maya in Wu Zhao
12. Bodhisattva with a Female Body: Wu Zhao and Devi Jingguang
Conclusions
Appendix: Wu Zhao's Pantheon of Female Political Ancestors
Glossary of Chinese Places, Names, and Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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