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.
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.
發表於2024-11-08
Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
圖書標籤: 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
作者的bias就是把武瞾定義成一個有確定目標要建立自己的pantheon的人。 在分析武瞾樹立女性神的同時,作者也並沒有提到作為接收方的臣子和民眾的反應。
評分是不是太規整瞭?
評分通篇在講武則天怎樣一廂情願用歷史、傳說、宗教中的各色人物爲自己一步步登基服務,用力甚勤,但是一例從各人物的歷史演變入手,研究模式單一,分析膚淺,立意尤其無趣。想象力到底是有多貧乏,眼光到底是有多狹隘?!
評分是不是太規整瞭?
評分通篇在講武則天怎樣一廂情願用歷史、傳說、宗教中的各色人物爲自己一步步登基服務,用力甚勤,但是一例從各人物的歷史演變入手,研究模式單一,分析膚淺,立意尤其無趣。想象力到底是有多貧乏,眼光到底是有多狹隘?!
Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載