647071932  

Philosopher, practitioner, politician : the many lives of Fazang (643-712) / by Jinhua Chen

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

Online-Ressource (xviii, 539 p) : ill ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-486) and index

Print version: Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician : The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712)

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Chen, Jinhua *1966-*: Philosopher, practitioner, politician. - Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2007. - XVIII, 539 S.

978-90-474-2000-2

Weitere Ausgaben: 90-04-15613-5 (Druckausgabe), 978-90-04-15613-5 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004156135.i-542

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.

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

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

Bibliography.Index

*Fazang *643-712* / China / Buddhismus / Hua-yen-Schule

*Fazang -- 643-712 ; Hua yan Buddhism -- China -- History ; Metaphysics -- History ; Priests, Buddhist -- China -- Biography ; Hua yan Buddhism -- China -- History ; Metaphysics -- History ; Priests, Buddhist -- China -- Biography ; Fazang -- 643-712

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: BQ8249.F387

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 294.3; ; 294.361;

Library of Congress Classification Outline: BQ

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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