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The transnational cult of Mount Wutai : historical and comparative perspectives / edited by Susan Andrews, Jinhua Chen, Guang Kuan.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Andrews, Susan (Specialist in Buddhism and East Asian religions), editor.
Chen, Jinhua, 1966- editor.
Guang, Kuan, editor.
E.J. Brill (Firm)
Series:
Studies on East Asian religions ; 2452-0098 v. 2.
Studies on East Asian religions, 2452-0098 ; volume 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Buddhism--China--Wutai Mountains--History.
Buddhism.
Mañjuśrī (Buddhist deity)--Cult--China--Wutai Mountains.
Mañjuśrī (Buddhist deity).
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages--China--Wutai Mountains.
Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Sacred space--China--Wutai Mountains.
Sacred space.
Wutai Mountains (China)--Religion--History.
Wutai Mountains (China).
Wutai Mountains (China)--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 471 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color).
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Acknowledgements
Figures, Tables and Maps
Abbreviations Used in the Footnotes
Introduction
Susan Andrews and Jinhua Chen
Part 1
Court Patronage and State Control
Chapter 1
From Mount Wutai to the Seven Jewel Tower: Monk Degan and Political Propaganda of the Wuzhou Period
Yinggang Sun
Chapter 2
Faith and Realpolitik: Tang Dynasty Esoteric Buddhism at Mount Wutai
Geoffrey C. Goble
Chapter 3
Monastic Officials on Mount Wutai under the Ming dynasty
Guang Kuan
Chapter 4
How Important is Mount Wutai? Sacred Space in a Zen Mirror
T.H. Barrett
Part 3
Changing Practices at Mount Wutai
Chapter 10
Lama Nenghai's Imprint on Mount Wutai: Sino-Tibetan Buddhism among the Five Plateaus since the 1930s
Ester Bianchi
Chapter 11
The Pure Land Teachings of Fazhao and the Mañjuśrī Cult of Mount Wutai
Kai Sheng
Chapter 12
Fazhao, Jin Bifeng, and Constructed Histories of Buddhist Chant and Music at Mount Wutai
Beth Szczepanski
Part 4
Replicating Mount Wutai
Chapter 13
The Legacy of the True Visage: The Mañjuśrī Statues at Zhenrong Yuan and Shuxiang Si of Mount Wutai
Sun-ah Choi
Chapter 14
Khotan and Mount Wutai: The Significance of Central Asian Actors in the Making of the Mountain Cult
Imre Hamar
Chapter 15
Transnational Mountain Cult, Local Religiopolitical and Economic Concerns: Mount Wutai and the Kamakura period miracle tales of Tōnomine
Susan Andrews
Chapter 16
The Emergence of the "Five-Terrace Mountain" Cult in Korea
Sangyop Lee
Chapter 17
Flying Mañjuśrī and Moving Mount Wutai Towards the Xi Xia Period: As Seen from Dunhuang Caves
Wei-Cheng Lin
Index
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021).
Other Format:
Print version: The transnational cult of Mount Wutai
ISBN:
9789004419872
900441987X
Publisher Number:
99994156246
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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