dc.contributor.author	Shahar, Meir
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-15T19:18:34Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-15T19:18:34Z
dc.date.issued	2020-10-16
dc.description	Video of lecture with presentation slides edited into video.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Meir Shahar, Shoul N. Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs, Tel Aviv University - Our ancestors depended upon beasts of burden for a living. In the Chinese case this dependence was reflected in the religious sphere. Chinese religion featured deities responsible for the wellbeing of draft animals. The two principal ones were the Horse King (divine protector of equines) and the Ox King (tutelary deity of bovines). This lecture will examine the ecological background and historical evolution of these animal-protecting cults. Professor Shahar will survey the Horse King's and Ox King's diverse clientele, from peasants who relied upon the water buffalo to plough their rice fields to cavalrymen whose success in battle depended upon their chargers' performance. Particular attention will be given to the theological standing of animals as reflected in their tutelary divinities' cults. In some cases, the animal itself was regarded as a deity who sacrificed himself for humanity’s sake. Chinese Buddhist scriptures described the ox as a bodhisattva who out of pity for the toiling peasant chose to be incarnated as his beast of burden.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Cornell East Asia Program	en_US
dc.description.viewer	1_fumvlftc
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/102701
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	East Asia Program, Cornell University	en_US
dc.relation.hasversion	https://vimeo.com/470348142	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	history	en_US
dc.subject	East Asia	en_US
dc.subject	China	en_US
dc.subject	culture	en_US
dc.subject	animal gods	en_US
dc.title	2019-2020 Hu Shih Distinguished Lecture: Meir Shahar	en_US
dc.type	video/moving image	en_US
schema.accessibilityFeature	captions	en_US
schema.accessibilitySummary	Closed captions available	en_US

2019-2020 Hu Shih Distinguished Lecture: Meir Shahar

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