Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

By April D. Hughes

Online

How the figure of the Bodhisattva and of the Wheel-Turning Monarch merged for political advantage when Buddhism left India.

Published in 2021 by The New Books Network.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{W}orldly {S}aviors and {I}mperial {A}uthority in {M}edieval {C}hinese {B}uddhism},
    author={April D. Hughes},
    publisher={The New Books Network},
    year=2021,
    month=jun,
    keywords={chan-roots, asia, ideology, state},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://newbooksnetwork.com/worldly-saviors-and-imperial-authority-in-medieval-chinese-buddhism}
}

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