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Sacred Economies
Buddhist Monasticism and Territoriality in Medieval China
Inbunden, 2010
1184 kr
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Buddhist monasteries in medieval China employed a variety of practices to ensure their ascendancy and survival. Most successful was the exchange of material goods for salvation, as in the donation of land, which allowed monks to spread their teachings throughout China. By investigating a variety of …
The Body Incantatory
Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Av Paul Copp
Inbunden, 2014
1367 kr
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Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600-1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets …
The Body Incantatory
Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Av Paul Copp
Häftad, 2018
694 kr
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Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600–1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets …
Spells, Images, and Mandalas
Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals
Inbunden, 2014
559 kr
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Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century …
Living Karma
The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu
Inbunden, 2014
1027 kr
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Ouyi Zhixu (1599-1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what others understood as inevitable and …
Living Karma
The Religious Practices of Ouyi Zhixu
Häftad, 2019
540 kr
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Ouyi Zhixu (1599–1655) was an eminent Chinese Buddhist monk who, contrary to his contemporaries, believed karma could be changed. Through vows, divination, repentance rituals, and ascetic acts such as burning and blood writing, he sought to alter what others understood as inevitable and …
Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers
Inbunden, 2015
1197 kr
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Wu Zhao (624-705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she-in a predominantly patriarchal and androcentric society-ascend the dragon throne? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for …
Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers
Häftad, 2017
407 kr
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Wu Zhao (624-705), better known as Wu Zetian or Empress Wu, is the only woman to have ruled China as emperor over the course of its 5,000-year history. How did she-in a predominantly patriarchal and androcentric society-ascend the dragon throne? Exploring a mystery that has confounded scholars for …
The Science of Chinese Buddhism
Early Twentieth-Century Engagements
Inbunden, 2015
924 kr
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Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society. …
Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia
The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon
Av Jiang Wu, Lucille Chia
Inbunden, 2015
1197 kr
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A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon from the fourth century to the digital era. Approaching the subject from a historical perspective, it ties the …
Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia
The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon
Av Jiang Wu, Lucille Chia
Häftad, 2020
304 kr
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A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical research, this volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon from the fourth century to the digital era. Approaching the subject from a historical perspective, it ties the …
Recovering Buddhism in Modern China
Av Jan Kiely, J. Brooks Jessup
Inbunden, 2016
559 kr
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Modern Chinese history told from a Buddhist perspective restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China. It shows how urban Buddhist elites jockeyed for cultural dominance in the early Republican era, how Buddhist intellectuals reckoned with science, and how Buddhist media …
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition
Inbunden, 2019
602 kr
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Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct and institutionalized Buddhist school in eighth-century China by “the Three Great Masters of Kaiyuan”: Śubhākarasiṃha, Vajrabodhi, and Amoghavajra. Geoffrey C. Goble provides an innovative account of the tradition’s …
The Huayan University Network
The Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China
Inbunden, 2020
559 kr
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In the early twentieth century, Chinese Buddhists sought to strengthen their tradition through publications, institution building, and initiatives aimed at raising the educational level of the monastic community. In The Huayan University Network, Erik J. Hammerstrom examines how Huayan Buddhism was …
The Space of Religion
Temple, State, and Buddhist Communities in Modern China
Av Yoshiko Ashiwa, David L. Wank
Inbunden, 2023
1367 kr
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Finalist, 2024 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of ReligionHonorable Mention, 2024 Francis H.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian AnthropologyThe Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished …
The Space of Religion
Temple, State, and Buddhist Communities in Modern China
Av Yoshiko Ashiwa, David L. Wank
Häftad, 2023
347 kr
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Finalist, 2024 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of ReligionHonorable Mention, 2024 Francis H.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian AnthropologyThe Nanputuo Temple in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen has been a cherished …
The Renewal of Buddhism in China
Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis
Av Chün-fang Yü
Inbunden, 2021
1197 kr
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First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and …
The Renewal of Buddhism in China
Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis
Av Chün-fang Yü
Häftad, 2021
304 kr
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First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and …
Esoteric Buddhism in China
Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949
Av Wei Wu
Inbunden, 2024
1197 kr
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During the Republican period (1912–1949) and after, many Chinese Buddhists sought inspiration from non-Chinese Buddhist traditions, showing a particular interest in esoteric teachings. What made these Buddhists dissatisfied with Chinese Buddhism, and what did they think other Buddhist traditions …
Esoteric Buddhism in China
Engaging Japanese and Tibetan Traditions, 1912–1949
Av Wei Wu
Häftad, 2024
304 kr
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During the Republican period (1912–1949) and after, many Chinese Buddhists sought inspiration from non-Chinese Buddhist traditions, showing a particular interest in esoteric teachings. What made these Buddhists dissatisfied with Chinese Buddhism, and what did they think other Buddhist traditions …
In the Land of Tigers and Snakes
Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions
Av Huaiyu Chen
Inbunden, 2023
1197 kr
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Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist ideas and imagery to the Chinese …
In the Land of Tigers and Snakes
Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions
Av Huaiyu Chen
Häftad, 2023
304 kr
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Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist ideas and imagery to the Chinese …
Buddhist Historiography in China
Inbunden, 2022
1197 kr
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Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, BerkeleySince the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as …
Buddhist Historiography in China
Häftad, 2022
304 kr
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Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, BerkeleySince the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as …
Discerning Buddhas
Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan Buddhism
Inbunden, 2024
1197 kr
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In Song-period China (960–1279 CE), masters in the Chan (Japanese Zen) school of Buddhism were presented as sources of religious authority on par with the Buddha, an almost unthinkably lofty status before the rise of Chan. This claim carried great rhetorical power, facilitating Chan’s appeal to …
Discerning Buddhas
Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan Buddhism
Häftad, 2024
304 kr
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In Song-period China (960–1279 CE), masters in the Chan (Japanese Zen) school of Buddhism were presented as sources of religious authority on par with the Buddha, an almost unthinkably lofty status before the rise of Chan. This claim carried great rhetorical power, facilitating Chan’s appeal to …
Kings of Oxen and Horses
Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural Religion
Av Meir Shahar
Inbunden, 2025
1197 kr
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For centuries in China, people beseeched deities to protect the draft animals on which they relied. Across social classes—from peasants plowing the fields to merchants transporting goods through soldiers riding into battle—animals were essential to daily life and so took on a central place in the …
Kings of Oxen and Horses
Draft Animals, Buddhism, and Chinese Rural Religion
Av Meir Shahar
Häftad, 2025
304 kr
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For centuries in China, people beseeched deities to protect the draft animals on which they relied. Across social classes—from peasants plowing the fields to merchants transporting goods through soldiers riding into battle—animals were essential to daily life and so took on a central place in the …
Thriving in Crisis
Buddhism and Political Disruption in China, 1522–1620
Av Dewei Zhang
Inbunden, 2020
559 kr
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Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907). In recent scholarship, a more nuanced picture of late Ming-era Buddhist renewal has emerged. Yet this alternate conception of the history of Buddhism in …
