Emperor Wu Zhao and her pantheon of devis, divinities, and dynastic mothers
By: N. Harry Rothschild
Series: Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
Published: 2015
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231169387; 9780231539180
Subjects: Chinese Goddesses; Religion and politics; History; Buddhism and state; Ancestor worship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Wu Zhao and her pantheon of female political ancestors; title: Part I. The goddesses of antiquity; title: Wu Zhao as the late seventh-century avatar of primordial goddess Nüwa; title: Sanctifying Luoyang: the Luo River goddess and Wu Zhao; title: First ladies of sericulture: Wu Zhao and Leizu; title: Part II. Dynastic mothers, exemplary mothers; title: The mother of Qi and Wu Zhao: connecting to antiquity, elevating Mount Song; title: Ur-mothers birthing the Zhou line: Jiang Yuan and Wu Zhao; title: Wenmu and Wu Zhao: two mothers of Zhou; title: Four exemplary women in Wu Zhao's regulations for ministers; title: Part III. Drawing the numinous energies of female Daoist divinities; title: The Queen Mother of the West and Wu Zhao; title: The mother of Laozi and Wu Zhao: from one grand dowager to another; title: Rejected from the pantheon: the ill-timed rise of the cult of Wei Huacun; title: Part IV. Buddhist devis and goddesses; title: Dharma echoes of Mother My in Wu Zhao; title: Channeling pure radiance: Wu Zhao and Devi Jingguang; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix: Wu Zhao's pantheon of female political ancestors.