The Concept of Kingship in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Chinese Literature: A Comparative Study of Beowulf and Xuanhe Yishi |
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Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon kingship Anglo-Saxon period ascending model authority battle Bede Bede's Beowulf century China Chinese Christian comparatists concept of kingship concern Confucian contemporary court critical cultural Cyneheard Cynewulf dæt Danes death depicted descending divine dragon early empire fact Fang Fang La fortitudo Geatish Geats generosity Germanic kingship Grendel Han dynasty Heardred Heaven Hennessey Heorot heroic Hrothgar Hygelac ideal ideology king's kingdom kingly Kong Zi late Anglo-Saxon literary literature Lord medieval Meng Zi military model of kingship monarch moral narrator nature Northern Song Northern Song dynasty Onela Ongentheow owulf pagan paradigm physical Pinghua poem poet poet's political thought prince prowess reign royal figures royal power rule ruler sapientia Saxon Scyld seems Shu jing sociopolitical Song dynasty Song emperors Song Jiang Taoism thematic theory throne tion tradition Trans treasure tribes virtues Wang Wang Anshi warrior wisdom Xuanhe yishi Zhou Zi's þæt