Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism / / ed. by Marsha Haufler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bartholomew, Terese Tse,; Berger, Patricia,; Foulk, T. Griffith,; Grant, Beata,; Hammond, Kenneth J.,; McNair, Amy,; Stevenson, Daniel B.,; Weidner, Marsha,
• HerausgeberIn: Haufler, Marsha,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)

In a demonstration of the value of interdisciplinary, culture-based approaches, this collection of essays on "later" Chinese Buddhism takes us beyond the bedrock subjects of traditional Buddhist historiography--scriptures and commentaries, sectarian developments, lives of notable monks--to examine a wide range of extracanonical materials that illuminate cultural manifestations of Buddhism from the Song dynasty (960-1279) through the modern period. Straying from well-trodden paths, the authors often transgress the boundaries of their own disciplines: historians address architecture; art historians look to politics; a specialist in literature treats poetry that offers gendered insights into Buddhist lives. The broad-based cultural orientation of this volume is predicated on the recognition that art and religion are not closed systems requiring only minimal cross-indexing with other social or aesthetic phenomena but constituent elements in interlocking networks of practice and belief. Contributors: Terese Tse Bartholomew, Patricia Berger, T. Griffith Foulk, Beata Grant, Kenneth Hammond, Amy McNair, Daniel B. Stevenson, Marsha Weidner.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Cultural Intersections In Later Chinese Buddhism -- 1. Religious Functions Of Buddhist Art In China -- 2. Text, Image, And Transformation In The History Of The Shuilu Fahui, The Buddhist Rite For Deliverance Of Creatures Of Water And Land -- 3. Buddhist Literati And Literary Monks: Social And Religious Elements In The Critical Reception Of Zhang Jizhi'S Calligraphy -- 4. Through The Empty Gate: The Poetry Of Buddhist Nuns In Late Imperial China -- 5. Imperial Engagements With Buddhist Art And Architecture: Ming Variations On An Old Theme -- 6. Miracles In Nanjing: An Imperial Record Of The Fifth Karmapa'S Visit To The Chinese Capital Patricia Berger -- 7. Thangkas For The Qianlong Emperor'S Seventieth Birthday -- 8. Beijing'S Zhihua Monastery: History And Restoration In China'S Capital -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index