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Beyond Buddhist Apology: The Political Use of Buddhism by Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (r. 502–549) |
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De Rauw, Tom
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| Date | 2008 |
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| Publisher | Ghent University |
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http://www.ugent.be/en
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| Location | Belgium [比利時] |
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| Content type | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Degree | doctor |
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| Institution | Ghent University |
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| Department | Department of Languages and Cultures |
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| Advisor | Ann Heirman |
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| Publication year | 2008 |
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| Table of contents | INTRODUCTION..........................................................................1
CHAPTER I:EMPEROR WU’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS
THE CONFUCIAN AND DAOIST TRADITIONS............................................6I.
1. Emperor Wu and the Confucian Tradition...........................6I.
2. Emperor Wu and the Daoist Tradition...............................25I.
3. Assessment.................................................................36
CHAPTER II:CREATING A FOUNDATION OF LEGITIMACY:
REINVENTING THE IDEOLOGY OF EMPERORSHIP........................40
II.1. The bodhisattva ideal...................................................40
II.2. Final [Period of the] Dharma (mofa).................................56
II.2.1. The Final [Period of the] Dharma at the time of Liang Wudi............................................................59 II.2.2. Use of the terms jidai and modai........................69
II.2.3. Emperor Wu and his application of mofa thought..84
CHAPTER III:APPLICATION OF THE NEW BUDDHIST IMPERIAL
IDEOLOGY IN SOCIETY: KARMIC RETRIBUTION............................90
III.1. The theory of karmic retribution.....................................91
III.1.1. Transfer of merit in Buddhist thought.................92
III.1.2. The debates on the existence of the soul and karmic retribution............................................97
III.1.3. Merit as ideology.........................................123
III.2. The promotion of vegetarianism...................................167
CHAPTER IV:WHERE SECULAR AND SACRED MEET:
COOPERATION AND OPPOSITION WITHIN THE SAṂGHA.....................................186
IV.1. Liang Wudi’s attempts to control the saṃgha..................186
IV.1.1. Personal advisors........................................187
IV.1.2. Monks of the [Imperial] Family (jiaseng)...........191
IV.2. Cooperation and opposition: two case studies................197
IV.2.1. Baochang..................................................197
IV.2.2. Zhizang.....................................................211
CONCLUSION...........................................................................220
BIBLIOGRAPHY........................................................................232 |
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| Created date | 2015.01.26 |
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| Modified date | 2016.04.13 |
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