James Robson is Associate Professor of Chinese Religion at Harvard University.
摘要
Throughout Chinese history mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. They have been considered divine or numinous sites, the abodes of deities, the preferred locations for temples and monasteries, and destinations for pilgrims. Early in Chinese history a set of five mountains were co-opted into the imperial cult and declared sacred peaks, yue, demarcating and protecting the boundaries of the Chinese imperium.
The Southern Sacred Peak, or Nanyue, is of interest to scholars not the least because the title has been awarded to several different mountains over the years. The dynamic nature of Nanyue raises a significant theoretical issue of the mobility of sacred space and the nature of the struggles involved in such moves. Another facet of Nanyue is the multiple meanings assigned to this place: political, religious, and cultural. Of particular interest is the negotiation of this space by Daoists and Buddhists. The history of their interaction leads to questions about the nature of the divisions between these two religious traditions. James Robson’s analysis of these topics demonstrates the value of local studies and the emerging field of Buddho–Daoist studies in research on Chinese religion.
目次
Front Matter i - xii Table of Contents xiii - xiv Maps and Figures xv - xvi Chinese Dynasties xvii - xviii Abbreviations and Conventions xix - xxii Introduction 1 - 14 Part I: Situating Nanyue One Religion and the Sacred Peaks of China 17 - 56 Two Moving Mountains: Nanyue in Chinese Religious Geography 57 - 89 Three Imagining Nanyue: Physical Geography and Mythical Topography 90 - 126 Part II: The Daoist and Buddhist Histories of Nanyue Four Rising Up to Paradise: Pre-Tang Local Daoism 129 - 154 Five Nanyue in the Tang: Local Daoist History 155 - 183 Six Lady Wei and the Female Daoists of Nanyue 184 - 212 Seven Local Histories, Lost Monks 213 - 256 Eight Regional Buddhism During the Tang 257 - 318 Conclusion: On the Boundaries of Chinese Religions 319 - 328 Notes 331 - 412 Works Cited 413 - 480 Index 481 - 506 Back Matter 507 - 518
