The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel : : aspects of the relationship between the Buddhist Saṃgha and the state in Chinese history / / edited by Thomas Julch.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia, Volume 133
• TeilnehmendeR: Jülch, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, [Netherlands] ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 133.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The matter of saṃgha-state relations is of central importance to both the political and the religious history of China. The volume The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel brings together, for the first time, articles relating to this field covering a time span from the early Tang until the Qing dynasty. In order to portray also the remarkable thematic diversity of the field, each of the articles not only refers to a different time but also discusses a different aspect of the subject. Contributors include: Chris Atwood, Chen Jinhua, Max Deeg, Barend ter Haar, Thomas Jülch, Albert Welter and Zhang Dewei.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Thomas Jülch -- In Defense of the Saṃgha: The Buddhist Apologetic Mission of the Early Tang Monk Falin / Thomas Jülch -- The Political Position of Xuanzang: The Didactic Creation of an Indian Dynasty in the Xiyu ji / Max Deeg -- A Complicated Figure with Complex Relationships: The Monk Huifan and Early Tang Saṃgha-state Interactions / Jinhua Chen -- Confucian Monks and Buddhist Junzi: Zanning’s Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy (Da Song seng shi lüe 大宋僧史略) and the Politics of Buddhist Accommodation at the Song Court / Albert Welter -- Buddhists as Natives: Changing Positions in the Religious Ecology of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty / Christopher P. Atwood -- Engaged but not Entangled: Miaofeng Fudeng 妙峰福登 (1540–1612) and the Late Ming Court / Dewei Zhang -- State and Saṃgha in the Qing Period: A New Look at Old Figures / Barend J. ter Haar -- Indices / Thomas Jülch.