Emerging from the Cocoon: Ethnic Revival, Lunar Radiance, and the Cult of Liu Sahe in the Jihu Uprising of 682-683
Abstract/Sommario:
The article examines a Buddhist movement in Shaanxi in the early 680s, during the early Tang. Bai Tieyu, the leader of the movement, evolved from a faith healer who amassed a huge fortune from Buddhist believers wishing to gaze upon a planted bronze Buddha he had 'discovered' to a messianic deliverer, who, claiming that the mandate had been severed, set up a government and assumed an imperial title. By the spring 683, Bai Tieyu's local uprising in Suizhou had grown to such proportions ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Emerging from the Cocoon: Ethnic Revival, Lunar Radiance, and the Cult of Liu Sahe in the Jihu Uprising of 682-683/ Norman Harry Rothschild - IN Per: Annali, vol. 65 (2005) p. 257-282 |
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IN Per: Annali, vol. 65 (2005) p. 257-282
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| ID scheda | 68070 |