Histories of Spiritual Traditions in China : A Selection of Jao Tsung-i’s Essays in Religious Studies / edited by Frank P. Saunders, Richard J. Sage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sage, Richard J., editor.

Saunders, Frank P., editor.

Series:

Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i ; 6.

Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Religion.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

A Selection of Jao Tsung-i’s Essays in Religious Studies

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover China's rich spiritual history through the monumental works of polymath Jao Tsung-i, presented in English for the first time. Throughout his far-reaching discussions of Chinese religious history ranging from prehistoric ancestor worship to Daoist immortality cultism and beyond, Jao’s studies draw upon an immense range of sources, including stele inscriptions, excavated manuscripts, and prehistoric artifacts. Engage with the very best of 20th-century Chinese-speaking sinology and gain new insights into China’s fascinating history of spiritual traditions. This tour de force in Chinese religious history is a must-read for anyone seeking to unravel the complexities of China's intersecting spiritual traditions.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i: Xuantang Anthology

Translator's Introduction

Part 1 Religion in China throughout the Ages

Chapter 1 Yin Dynasty Religion 殷代的宗教

Chapter 2 A Discussion of Turtles Becoming the Shui mu 水母 and Related Topics

Chapter 3 Records of "Luminous Deities" in the Dawenkou 大汶口 Culture and the Rituals of Later Generations: A Discussion of Sun and Moon Worship of the Distant Past 大汶口「明神」 後代禮制

古之日月崇拜

Chapter 4 The Exceptional Relationship between Religious Studies and Literature in the History of Chinese Culture 中國文化史上宗教 文學的特殊 係

Chapter 5 A Study of Empress Wu Zetian's Religious Convictions Based on Stone Inscriptions 從石刻 武后之宗教信仰

Part 2 Daoist Studies

Chapter 6 New Evidence on the Relationship between Daoism and Chu Customs: A New Understanding of Chu Culture 教 楚俗 係新

楚文化的新

Chapter 7 On Buddhism and Daoism's Concurrent Development and Laozi's Consecration as a Founder of Religious Daoism 、 並 子神化成爲教主的年代

Chapter 8 A Study of Zhonghuangzi, the "Master of Central Yellow" 中 子

Chapter 9 A Discussion of the Dunhuang Fragment, Dengzhen yinjue (P.2732) 敦煌殘本《登真 》 P.2732

Chapter 10 The Way of Self-care and Medicinal Practices Gleaned from Excavated Materials 從出土 料 古代 生 服 之

Part 3 Buddhism

Chapter 11 On the Buddhist Stories of Kunlun 氏之崑崙

Chapter 12 A Discussion of the Issues of Translating Scriptures Based on Shi Yancong's Bianzheng Lun 從 彥琮《 正 》 經問

Chapter 13 Notes on the Pagoda Brick Referring to the Third Chan Patriarch of the Sui Period 禪宗三祖塔磗

Chapter 14 Xinzhou: The Birthplace of the Sixth Patriarch of Chan and His Teachings 新州

六祖出生地及其傳法偈

Chapter 15 Some Questions regarding Huineng and the Sixth Patriarch's Platform Sutra 慧 及《六祖壇經》的一些問.

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004714311

9004714316

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004714311 DOI