Commentary from the Dali Kingdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings

by Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee Among the various technologies that circulated in the medieval world were Buddhist modes of statecraft that promised to strengthen rulers’ power over their territory. One of the key manuals for strengthening Buddhist statecraft in the Sinosphere, meaning the parts of Asia that adopted Chinese script, was the Scripture for … Continue reading Commentary from the Dali Kingdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings