Towards a Buddhist History of Mount Tai

Wenzel, Claudia

作者

Wenzel, Claudia

出處題名

Journal of Chinese Religions=中國宗教研究集刊

卷期

v.50 n.1

出版日期

2022.05

頁次

1 - 44

出版者

Johns Hopkins University Press

出版者網址

https://www.press.jhu.edu/

出版地

Baltimore, MD, US [巴爾的摩, 馬里蘭州, 美國]

資料類型

期刊論文=Journal Article

使用語言

英文=English

關鍵詞

Mount Tai; Senglang; Diamond Sutra; stone sutras; founding legends; Buddhist monasteries

摘要

The history of Buddhist sites on Mount Tai—the Sacred Peak of the East—has been largely neglected. The focus has remained instead on the role of the mountain in the Chinese state cult and the practice of the indigenous Daoist religion. This paper surveys material and textual evidence from the late fifth century onwards in an attempt to trace the Buddhist acculturation of Mount Tai. The available archaeological evidence is read alongside the traditional founding legend about monk Senglang 僧朗 (ca. 315–400) who is said to have established the “first monastery” on the mountain. A brief survey of early Buddhist establishments in the Mount Tai region ties the most impressive early Buddhist artefact—the giant Diamond Sutra inscribed in Sutra Stone Valley during the Northern Qi dynasty—into this network of sites.

Introduction 1
The Buddhist Founding Legend oF Mount Tai 6
Early Archaeological Evidence 18
Influential Converts: the Yang Clan oF Mount Tai 20
Imperial Patronage Of The Sui 23
Early Buddhist Institutions On Mount Tai 27
In Conclusion 38
Acknowledgements 39
Bibliography 40

ISSN

0737769X (P); 20508999 (E)

DOI

10.1353/jcr.2022.0001

點閱次數

120

建檔日期

2023.06.28

更新日期

2023.06.28