@article{,
ISSN = {1012-4195},
author = {Kang Le},
title = {The Concept of Cakravartirājan and its Influence on Medieval Chinese Kingship},
journal = {Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica},
volume = {67},
number = {1},
pages = {109-143},
abstract = {Cakravartirājan is the title given to the ancient India’s legendary sage kings, a concept later adapted by Buddhists. After Buddhism’s successful conquest of China during the medieval period, Chinese rulers unhesitatedly utilized Buddhism as a resource for claiming legitimacy. The concept of Cakravartirājan was one of their major appeals to this end. By analyzing the transformation of the original Indian model of “one Budda-one Cakravartirājan” into the Chinese model of “Cakravartirājan is Budda himself”, this essay provides a case study for the understanding of the “sinicization” of Buddhism in medieval China.},
year = {1996},
}