Chiew Hui Ho, Ph.D. (2013), Stanford University, is Lecturer in East Asian Buddhism at the University of Sydney. He specializes in the social history of medieval Chinese Buddhism, with a focus on Buddhist narratives.
摘要
Contextualizing the sutra within a milieu of intense religious and cultural experimentation, this volume unravels the sudden rise of Diamond Sutra devotion in the Tang dynasty against the backdrop of a range of social, political, and literary activities. Through the translation and exploration of a substantial body of narratives extolling the efficacy of the sutra, it explores the complex social history of lay Buddhism by focusing on how the laity might have conceived of the sutra and devoted themselves to it. Corroborated by various sources, it reveals the cult’s effect on medieval Chinese religiosity in the activities of an empowered laity, who modified and produced parasutraic texts, prompting the monastic establishment to accommodate to the changes they brought about.
目次
Introduction 1 - 36 Buddhism on the Ground: Parasutraic Narratives and Lay Religiosity 39 - 94 Parasutraic Narratives as Collective Memories: Underpinnings and the Rhetoric of Persuasion 95 - 136 Parasutraic Representations: The Religiosity of the Diamond Sutra Cult 137 - 197 Religious Innovations: Lay Autonomy in Textual Production 198 - 263 The Impact of the Cult of the Diamond Sutra and Its Parasutraic Narratives 264 - 294 A Record of Collected Proofs of the Efficacy of the Diamond Sutra, Jin’gang bore jing jiyanji 金剛般若經集驗記, Composed by Meng Xianzhong 孟獻忠, Adjutant of Zizhou 梓州司馬 297 - 393 Collected Marvels of the Diamond Sutra, Jin’gang jing jiuyi 金剛經鳩異, Compiled by Kegu 柯古, Duan Chengshi 段成式 of Linzi 臨淄 [Commandery], Junior Chamberlain for Ceremonials, Tang Dynasty 394 - 415 A Record of the Proven Efficacy of the Diamond Sutra and the Merit to Be Gained from Upholding and Reciting It, Chisong Jin’gang jing lingyan gongde ji 持誦金剛經靈驗功德記, Compiled by Zhai Fengda 翟奉達 416 - 429
Appendix 1: Diamond Sutra Tales in the Fayuan zhulin 431 - 432 Appendix 2: Tales in the Jin’gang bore jing jiyan ji 433 - 436 Appendix 3: Tales in the Jin’gang jing jiuyi 437 - 438 Appendix 4: Tales in the Chisong Jin’gang jing lingyan gongde ji 439 - 440 Appendix 5: Diamond Sutra Tales in the Taiping guangji, rolls 102 - 108 441 - 446 Appendix 6: Liturgical Elements in a Modern Edition of the Diamond Sutra 447
