LEADER 02903nam 2200553 450 001 9910163099203321 005 20190826145055.0 010 $a90-04-33140-9 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004331402 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942115 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790860 035 $a(OCoLC)956340503 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004331402 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942115 100 $a20161031h20172017 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMandarins and heretics $ethe construction of "heresy" in Chinese state discourse /$fby Junqing Wu 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (190 pages) 225 1 $aReligion in Chinese societies,$x1877-6264 ;$vvolume 11 311 $a90-04-33139-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMandarin wine in Western wineskins: terminological problems -- A pre-history: black magic and Messianism in early political and -- Legal discourse -- Landscape of late imperial religious life -- Black magic in the heresy construct -- Messianism in the heresy construct -- Victims of the heresy construct -- Heresy in the modern era: transmission and transformation. 330 $a"In Mandarins and Heretics, Wu Junqing explores the denunciation and persecution of lay religious groups in late imperial (14th to 20th century) China. These groups varied greatly in their organisation and teaching, yet in official state records they are routinely portrayed as belonging to the same esoteric tradition, stigmatised under generic labels such as "White Lotus" and "evil teaching", and accused of black magic, sedition and messianic agitation. Wu Junqing convincingly demonstrates that this "heresy construct" was not a reflection of historical reality but a product of the Chinese historiographical tradition, with its uncritical reliance on official sources. The imperial heresy construct remains influential in modern China, where it contributes to shaping policy towards unlicensed religious groups."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aReligion in Chinese societies ;$vvolume 11. 606 $aReligion and state$zChina$xHistory 606 $aCults$zChina$xHistory 606 $aSects$zChina$xHistory 606 $aReligion and politics$zChina$xHistory 607 $aChina$xReligion$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReligion and state$xHistory. 615 0$aCults$xHistory. 615 0$aSects$xHistory. 615 0$aReligion and politics$xHistory. 676 $a299.5/1165 700 $aWu$b Junqing$f1984-$0975669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163099203321 996 $aMandarins and heretics$92221763 997 $aUNINA