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The way of the Nine Palaces (jiugong dao 九宮道): a lay Buddhist movement |
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Ter Haar, Barend J.
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| Source |
Studies in Chinese Religions
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| Volume | v.5 n.3-4 |
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| Date | 2019 |
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| Pages | 415 - 432 |
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| Publisher | 中国社会科学院=Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS); Taylor & Francis Group |
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| Publisher Url |
http://casseng.cssn.cn/
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| Location | Leeds, UK [里茲, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Jiugong dao; lay Buddhism; secret societies; Mount Wutai; monastery; abbot; Puji |
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| Abstract | The Way of the Nine Palaces (jiugong dao 九宮道) was founded in the late nineteenth century by a monk on Mount Wutai. Largely unknown in Western scholarship, it is studied in Chinese scholarship in the context of secret societies. In earlier research I have argued that research on new religious movements in China suffers from negative labelling, which skews our perspective on new developments at the level of lay religious activities. Since this particular movement has been relatively well-studied in Chinese language scholarship, I will use this case to show what insights we can get when we relinquish traditional labels and look at a specific local group or movement in a more empathetic way. In this case we will see that the Way of the Nine Palaces was very much an ordinary lay Buddhist movement in the eyes of northern Chinese believers of the time. Moreover, it is from this regular lay Buddhist perspective that its followers provided crucial financial support to the rebuilding of Mount Wutai in the early twentieth century. Without their support the mountain’s monasteries would not have survived into the present in their relatively well-kept form. |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2019.1686874 |
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| Created date | 2021.04.07 |
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