Preface 1. Son of heaven: shamanic kingship 2. Son of heaven: kingship as cosmic paradigm 3. The moral teacher as sage: philosophy appropriates the paradigm 4. The metaphysician as sage: philosophy again appropriates the paradigm 5. The paradigm enshrined: the authority of classics 6. The mystic as sage: religion appropriates the paradigm 7. The sage-king as messiah: religion again appropriates the paradigm 8. All under heaven: political power and the periphery A Glossary of Sino-Japanese names and terms Bibliography Index.
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