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.)

“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 partic...

Table of Contents

• 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