Signs from the Unseen Realm : Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China /

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In early medieval China hundreds of Buddhist miracle texts were circulated, inaugurating a trend that would continue for centuries. Each tale recounted extraordinary events involving Chinese persons and places-events seen as verifying claims made in Buddhist scriptures, demonstrating the reality of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Campany, Robert Ford (Autor)
Otros Autores: Yan, Wang (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2012]
Colección:Kuroda Classics in East Asian Buddhism ; 16
Temas:
HISTORY / Medieval.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions
  • Part I. Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China
  • Introduction
  • Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji
  • Miracle Tales and the Communities That Exchanged Them
  • The Idiom of Buddhism Represented in the Tales
  • Miracle Tales and the Sinicization of Buddhism
  • The Narrative Shape of the Miraculous
  • Religious Themes in the Text
  • Part II. Translation: Signs from the Unseen Realm
  • Preface
  • 1(27)-25(269)
  • 26(277)-129(967)
  • Appendix 1. Fragments and Questionable Items
  • Appendix 2. List of Major Motifs
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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