Emperor Manjushri

The Emperor Manjushri (Tibetan: འཇམ་དབྱངས་གོང་མ་ཆེན་པོ, Wylie: vjam dbyangs gong ma chen po; Chinese: 文殊皇帝; pinyin: Wénshū Huángdì; Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᡳᡵᡳ
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, Mölendorff: Manjusiri han, also called Chinese: 曼殊師利大皇帝; pinyin: Mànshūshīlì Dà Huángdì) was an honorific title of Tibetan Buddhism given to Chinese emperors (especially the Qing emperors). Tibetan Buddhism believes that the Chinese emperor is the incarnation of Manjushri, the wheel-turning king who brings peace to the world. "The Manjushri Emperor" ("文殊菩薩皇帝", "文殊大皇帝") was commonly used by Tibetans as the opening words when addressing to the Qing court during the Shunzhi period,[1] and Manchurians call the emperor "Buddha" (佛爺).

References

  1. "The Chengde Summer Resort: A Microcosm of the Qing Empire". The National Palace Museum in Taipei.

See also

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