TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
AU  - Kang Le
TI  - The Concept of Cakravartirājan and its Influence on Medieval Chinese Kingship
JO  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JA  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
VL  - 67
IS  - 1
SP  - 109
EP  - 143
PY  - 1996
AB  - 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.
Y1  - 1996/03/01
ER  -