Chinese Steles : Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Use of a Symbolic Form /

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Buddhist steles represent an important subset of early Chinese Buddhist art that flourished during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386-581). More than two hundred Chinese Buddhist steles are known to have survived. Their brilliant imagery has long captivated scholars, yet until now the B...

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Autor principal: Wong, Dorothy C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2004]
Temas:
Stele (Archaeology) > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Dynastic Chronology
  • Introduction
  • Part I. TRADITIONAL CHINESE STELES AND THEIR BUDDHIST ADAPTATION
  • Chapter One. ANCIENT ROOTS OF THE CHINESE STELE TRADITION
  • Chapter Two. THE ORIGINS AND RISE OF HAN STELES
  • Chapter Three. THE ORIGINS OF BUDDHIST STELES UNDER THE NORTHERN WEI
  • Part II. THE FLOURISHING OF BUDDHIST STELES
  • Chapter Four. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BUDDHIST STELES
  • Chapter Five. THE INITIAL FLOURISHING OF BUDDHIST STELES IN SHANXI
  • Chapter Six. THE MAITREYA FAITH AND HENAN STELES
  • Chapter Seven. THE SHAANXI SCHOOL: BUDDHIST-DAOIST ELEMENTS AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY
  • Chapter Eight. BUDDHIST STELES FROM THE GANSU-NINGXIA REGION
  • Chapter Nine. MONUMENTAL COMPLEX STELES AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN MAHA-YA- NA BUDDHIST ICONOGRAPHY
  • Chapter Ten. SICHUAN BUDDHIST STELES AND THE BEGINNINGS OF PURE LAND IMAGERY IN CHINA
  • Conclusion. BUDDHIST STELES AS A SYMBOLIC FORM
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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