The Great State of White and High : : Buddhism and State Formation in Eleventh-Century Xia / / Ruth W. Dunnell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Dunnell, Ruth W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1996]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Conventions --; Xia Rulers and Reign Era Titles --; Genealogy of Eleventh-Century Xia Dynastic Alliances --; Brief Chronology of the Main Events in Xia History --; Part 1. Buddhism in Eleventh-Century Xia --; CHAPTER 1. Introduction --; CHAPTER 2. Buddhism and Monarchy in the Early Tangut State --; CHAPTER 3. Buddhism under the Regencies (1049–1099) --; PART 2. The 1094 Stele Inscriptions from Liangzhou --; CHAPTER 4. A History of the Dayun (Huguo) Temple at Liangzhou --; CHAPTER 5. Annotated Translation of the 1094 Stele Inscriptions --; CHAPTER 6 .Reading between the Lines: A Comparison and Analysis of the Tangut and Han Texts --; CHAPTER 7. Conclusion --; Appendices A. Photoreproductions of Rubbings of the 1094 Gantong Stûpa Stele Inscriptions --; APPENDIX B. Chronology of Sources Recording or Discussing the Inscriptions on the Gantong Stûpa Stele --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; A Select Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824862718; 9783110649680; 9783110564150
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824862718
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ruth W. Dunnell.

“A major contribution to our understanding of the rise of the Tangut as a cultural and political unity.” —Studies of Central and East Asian Religions“Ruth Dunnell's long-awaited book on Buddhism and Tangut state formation expands on themes raised in her earlier work on Tangut history, in particular, the place of Buddhism in the early Xia state officially founded by Li (Weiming) Yuanhao in 1038 and the role of the empress dowager regents in preserving that state against external and internal enemies.” —China Review International