The Ghost Festival in Medieval China / / Stephen F. Teiser.
Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annu...
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Teiser, Stephen F., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Ghost Festival in Medieval China / Stephen F. Teiser. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022] ©1988 1 online resource (296 p.) : 1 halftone text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- ONE Introduction -- TWO The Prehistory of the Ghost Festival -- THREE An Episodic History of the Ghost Festival in Medieval China -- FOUR The Mythological Background -- FIVE Mu-lien as Shaman -- SIX The Cosmology of the Ghost Festival -- SEVEN Buddhism and the Family -- EIGHT Concluding Perspectives -- Character Glossary of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Words -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities of the seventh lunar month, in which laypeople presented offerings to Buddhist monks to gain salvation for their ancestors. Teiser uncovers a wide range of sources, many translated or analyzed for the first time in any language, to demonstrate how the symbolism, rituals, and mythology of the ghost festival pervaded the social landscape of medieval China. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022) Buddhist memorial rites and ceremonies China. Pretas (Buddhism) Pretas (Buddhism). Ullambana. RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist). bisacsh Abhidharmal. Apocrypha. Asvajit. Avici Hell. Black Rope Hell. Buddhaputra. Chavannes, Edouard. Chi-kuo ssu. Chih-yuan. Christianity. Class structure. Confucius. Daianji. Dharmagupta sect. Dionysus. Dirghdgama. Eighteen transformations. Ennin. Etymology. Examiner of Fate. Feast, nature of. Five Vehicles. Gernet, Jacques. Ghosts and ancestors. Gunabhadra. Hell of Fiery Heat. Hsüan-tsang. Impartial, King. Iranian religions. Japanese literature. Karma Official. Kolita. Kuan-ting ching. Lao-tzu. Lay people. Literacy. Lu-tou. Martial powers. Milky Way. Morality books. Mu-lien pien. Musicians. Mädhyamika. Nagarjuna. Nanda. Nirvanasūtra. Officer of Earth. Officer of Records. Parents. Prasenajit, King. Radha. Renunciation. Rite of passage. Sage. Sangoku denki. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Gap Years 9783110784237 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691222172?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691222172 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691222172/original |
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