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Stairway to heaven : a journey to the summit of Mount Emei /
Annotation.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
| Publicado: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Stairway to Heaven; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Conventions; 1. Introduction; Text and Context; On Studying Mountains; Crashing Continents and Salty Seas; Source of Life, Abode of Gods; An Extraordinary Place; Flora and Fauna; A Great Globe of Light; 2. Land of Shu; The Road to Shu Is Hard; Tang and Song Visions; 3. A Journey of Ten Thousand Miles; Brocade City; The Journey Begins; 4. Within Sight of Mount Emei; Administration and Immigration; Way of the Celestial Master; Adepts and Abbeys; Sa.
- Patrons in the Capital, Supporters in the ProvincesThe Ascent; 6. The Summit; The Immortal Sage Appears; 7. How and Why Did Mount Emei Become a"Famous Buddhist Mountain"?; Background and Beginnings; Founding Myth; Scriptural Authentication; Pilgrims, Diaries, and Gazetteers; Four Great Famous Mountains; The Big Picture; 8. The Ming, Qing, Republican, and Modern Eras; A Bloody Interlude; Florescence in the Ming; The Qing (1644-1911) and Republican (1912- ) Era to 1949; Recent Developments; The Tourist Era Emerges; Closing Thoughts; Abbreviations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Glossary-Index; A.
- BC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.