Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 539 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9789047420002
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia v. 75
Content:
The Buddhist master Fazang is regarded as one of the greatest metaphysicians in medieval Asia. This study aims at correcting misinterpretations and shedding light on neglected areas, opening up for discussion the various structures of medieval East Asian monastic biography
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-486) and index
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List of Figures, Tables, and Charts; Preface; Conventions; Introduction; Part One A Biographical Reconstruction; Chapter One Primary Sources and Secondary Studies; Chapter Two Ch'oe Ch'iwon's Biography of Fazang: A Textual Study; Chapter Three Fazang's Basic Biographical Data: Names, Native Land, Familial and Dharma Backgrounds.; Chapter Four The Eminent Monk Who Wasn't?: Stories about Fazang's Full Ordination; Chapter Five A Man of Many Faces: Fazang's Life Reconstructed, I; Chapter Six A Man of Many Faces: Fazang's Life Reconstructed, II; Part Two: Thematic and Hagiographical Studies.
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Chapter Seven Fazang the Philosopher.Chapter Eight Fazang the Technical Innovator.; Chapter Nine Fazang the Translator; Chapter Ten Fazang the Court Politician.; Chapter Eleven Fazang's Religious Life; Chapter Twelve Fazang the Wonderworker; Conclusion; Part Three: Appendixes; Appendix A A Textual Analysis of Popjang Hwasang Chon; Appendix B Shidade; Appendix C Biankongsi and Siksananda's Avatamsaka Translation Bureau; Appendix D Sakyamitra, the Singhalese Monk from Whom Fazang Reportedly Sought Bodhisattva-precepts; Appendix E A Chronology of Fazang's Life
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Appendix F When and Where Fazang Assisted Siksananda in Translating a Parsad of the Manjusribuddhaksetragunavyuha (Wenshushili shouji hui)Appendix G Members of the Translation office Headed by Siksananda (695-699); Appendix H Members of Bodhiruci's Ratnakuta Translation Office (707-713); Appendix I Members of the Translation office Headed by Yijing (706-710).; Appendix J Divakara's Activities in Luoyang and Chang'an.; Appendix K An Error in a Passage in the Taisho Edition of Popjang Hwasang Chon Regarding the Subject of the Rebellion that Fazang Helped to Quell; Appendix L Longchisi
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Bibliography.Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004156135
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004156135
Additional Edition:
Print version Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician : The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Chen, Jinhua, 1966 - Philosopher, practitioner, politician Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2007 ISBN 9789004156135
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004156135
Language:
English
Keywords:
Fazang 643-712
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China
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Buddhismus
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Hua-yen-Schule
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Biografie
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Biografie
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004156135.i-542
Author information:
Chen, Jinhua 1966-
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