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Author Balkwill, Stephanie, author.

Title The women who ruled China : Buddhism, multiculturalism, and governance in the sixth century / Stephanie Balkwill.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Luoyang reborn -- A woman of power, remembered poorly -- Brought to court by a nun -- A girl on the throne -- No salvation in Buddhism.
Summary "In the late fifth century, a nameless girl was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In this book, Stephanie Balkwill documents the Empress Dowager's rise to power and life on the throne against the broader social world of imperial China under the rule of the Northern Wei dynasty, a foreign people from Inner Asia who built their capital deep in the Chinese heartland. Building on largely untapped Buddhist materials, Balkwill shows that the life and rule of the Empress Dowager is a much larger story of the reinvention of religious, ethnic, and gender norms in a rapidly changing, multicultural society. When Women Ruled China recovers the voices of those left out of the mainstream historical record and, through the life of the Empress Dowager, paints a compelling portrait of medieval Chinese society reinventing itself under her leadership"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Subject Ling, Empress dowager of China, approximately 490-528.
Buddhism -- China -- History -- To 581.
Multiculturalism -- China -- History -- To 1500.
China -- History -- Northern Wei dynasty, 386-534.
Bouddhisme -- Chine -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 581.
Chine -- Histoire -- 386-534 (Dynastie Wei du Nord)
HISTORY / Asia / China
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Buddhism, multiculturalism, and governance in the sixth century
Other Form: Print version: Balkwill, Stephanie. Women who ruled China Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024] 9780520401815 (DLC) 2023052485
ISBN 9780520401822 (ebook)
0520401824
9780520401815 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000076213093

 
    
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