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From Mount Meru to Mind-Only: Chinese Buddhist Cosmology in the Fajie anli tu 法界安立圖 or An Illustrated (Guide to) the Established Order of the Dharma-realm |
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Wu, Jin-hui (著)
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International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture=국제불교문화사상사학회
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| Volume | v.32 n.2 |
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| Date | 2022.12 |
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| Pages | 133 - 163 |
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| Publisher | International Association for Buddhist Thought and Culture |
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http://iabtc.org/
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| Location | Seoul, Korea [首爾, 韓國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Jinhui WU is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese and Humanities at Reed College. She received her doctorate in East Asian Studies from the University of Arizona. She studies early modern Chinese religious literature and its intersection with other socio-cultural spheres, from the perspectives of historiography, vernacular literature, ritual practices, and print culture.
Email: jwu@reed.edu |
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| Keyword | Fajie anli tu; Buddhist cosmology; Chinese late imperial Buddhism; Mind-only cosmology; Chinese Buddhist schools |
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| Abstract | Fajie anli tu (An Illustrated [Guide] to the Established Order of the Dharmadhatu 法界安立圖, X 972) is an orderly account of Buddhist cosmology composed by the monk Renchao 仁潮 in Hangzhou. This book reflects the most detailed account late imperial Chinese Buddhists had of Buddhist cosmology and the physical world around them. It was well received in China since its first publication in 1607 and had a far-reaching influence during its transmission to other parts of the world, especially Japan and Britain. However, this book has not been given the attention it merits in contemporary studies of Buddhist history. In this essay, I introduce its authorship, analyze its content and writing skills, as well as examine its reception among disparate groups of readers in China and abroad using a methodology developed in the field of book history. Through a close reading of texts from the work and its history of circulation, this essay demonstrates how Buddhist cosmological discourses evolved within the Chinese context from detailed descriptions of the physical cosmos to philosophical explanations of the universe emphasizing the supremacy of the “mind” (xin 心). |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 134
Introduction 135
Authorship and Content 137
The Physical Cosmos in FJALT 142
The “Mind–only” Cosmos in FJALT 146
The Legacy of FJALT in China and Beyond 152
Concluding Remarks 154
Notes 156
Abbreviations 159
References 159
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| ISSN | 15987914 (P) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.16893/IJBTC.2022.12.32.2.133 |
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| Created date | 2023.04.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.04.26 |
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