Thomas Jülch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.

" It is an informative text that provides a window into the political and religious arguments and movements of its time" - Thomas Zulch, Reading Religion

• TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword HELWIG SCHMIDT-GLINTZERAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction I. Buddhism and Political Ideology under Wu Zetian II. Aspects of Daoist Thought Refuted in the Zhenzheng lunIII. The Zhenzheng lun and its Place in Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought IV. Falin, Xuanyi, and the Zhenzheng lun: A Contextualization V. A Comparative Perspective Preliminary RemarksTranslation (DS 1-30)Bibliography Index

Thomas Jülch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.

" It is an informative text that provides a window into the political and religious arguments and movements of its time" - Thomas Zulch, Reading Religion

• TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword HELWIG SCHMIDT-GLINTZERAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Introduction I. Buddhism and Political Ideology under Wu Zetian II. Aspects of Daoist Thought Refuted in the Zhenzheng lunIII. The Zhenzheng lun and its Place in Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought IV. Falin, Xuanyi, and the Zhenzheng lun: A Contextualization V. A Comparative Perspective Preliminary RemarksTranslation (DS 1-30)Bibliography Index