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Icons of Contemplation: The Pensive Bodhisattva and Local Meditation Culture in Sixth-Century Hebei |
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Chien, Li-kuei (著)
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| Source |
Asia Major
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| Volume | v.32 n.2 Third Series |
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| Date | 2019 |
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| Pages | 57 - 112 |
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| Publisher | Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica=中央研究院歷史語言研究所 |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www2.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/
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| Location | 臺北市, 臺灣 [Taipei shih, Taiwan] |
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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 | Li-kuei Chien, Independent Scholar. |
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| Keyword | Siwei; Buddhist statue; Maitreya; Siddhārta; Northern Qi dynasty |
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| Abstract | The image of the pensive bodhisattva was widely reproduced in East Asian Buddhist art between the fifth and the eighth centuries, but the majority of surviving examples were carved at a small number of sites in central and southern Hebei over a period spanning just four decades (ca. 540-580). During this period, Hebei artisans elevated the pensive bodhisattva image to a new level of prominence by making it a central figure in their iconographie schemes. I argue on the basis of iconographic, epigraphic, and literary evidence that these innovative pensive bodhisattva images functioned as icons expressing patrons' reverence for an ideal of meditative contemplation. Considered together with hagiographie accounts, this interpretation of the Hebei pensive bodhisattva images sheds new light on the history of Buddhist meditation by revealing the existence of a distinctive local culture of meditation practices and associated beliefs in sixth-century Hebei. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract 57
From the Margins to the Center 63
Naming the Bodhisattva 69
The Religious Significance of Siwei 75
Buddhist Ascetics Meditation Culture in Sixth-Century Hebei 78
Conclusion 86 |
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| ISSN | 00044482 (P) |
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| Hits | 159 |
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| Created date | 2023.06.26 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.20 |
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