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Forging the Golden Urn

- The Qing Empire and the Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet

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A Qing law mandated that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. In Forging the Golden Urn, Max Oidtmann traces how a Chinese bureaucratic technology was exported to the Tibetan and Mongolian regions of the Qing empire and transformed into a ritual for authenticating reincarnations.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9780231184069
  • Format:
  • Inbunden
  • Sidor:
  • 352
  • Utgiven:
  • 31. juli 2018
  • Mått:
  • 236x163x24 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 696 g.
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Förväntad leverans: 10. december 2024

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A Qing law mandated that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. In Forging the Golden Urn, Max Oidtmann traces how a Chinese bureaucratic technology was exported to the Tibetan and Mongolian regions of the Qing empire and transformed into a ritual for authenticating reincarnations.

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