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Heaven is empty : a cross-cultural approach to "religion" and empire in ancient China /

"Heaven is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE-9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion. The monotheism of the ancie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsili, Filippo, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Series:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subjects:
Han Wudi, > Emperor of China, > 156 B.C.-87 B.C.
China > Religion > History.
China > Religious life and customs.
China > History > 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
China > Kings and rulers > Religious aspects > History.
Kings and rulers > Religious aspects.
Religion.
China.
221 B.C.-960 A.D.
History.

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