Käte Hamburger Kolleg Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe
出版地
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [波鴻, 北萊茵-威斯特伐利亞, 德國]
資料類型
期刊論文=Journal Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
Author Affiliation: Ghent University, Belgium.
關鍵詞
Mogao caves; Auspicious Statues; 瑞像; Khotan; Dunhuang; Buddhist narratives; transmission of Buddhism,; localization of Buddhism; Oxhead Mountain; 牛頭山
摘要
In the propagation and spread of Buddhism throughout Asia, jātaka and avadāna narratives played a decisive role, both in the form of texts and iconographical representations. In this paper I will focus on another set of narratives which enjoyed great popularity in the Dūnhuáng area during the later Tang and Five Dynasties period, dealing with historical projections concerning the origin and transmission of Buddhism. In this stories, “Auspicious Statues” (ruìxiàng 瑞像) play a key role. These “living” statues were thought to have moved from Indian monasteries to Khotan and other regions, serving as agents of the transmission of the Dharma in these areas. Besides reflecting religious key concern during that period, the historical narratives on the spread of Buddhism also give witness to the close diplomatic and family relations between Dunhuang and the Kingdom of Khotan during that period.
目次
Abstract 251 Key Words 251 Introduction 252 The Localization of Buddhism in the Tarim Basin and China 254 the Auspicious Statues 257 Master Narrative and Mirror Stories 259 The Udayana Buddha Image 259 Mirror Stories 265 Dūnhuáng Manuscripts on Auspicious Statues 266 Khotan as “Landing Sites” of Indian Buddhist Statues 268 Khotan as a Center of Buddhism 270 The Interconnection of Khotan and Dūnhuáng 277 The Rescue of Khotan by Śāriputra and Vaiśravaṇa 282 The Emergence of Vaiśravaṇa as a Protecting Deity of Khotan 286 Reflections on the Appearance of the Auspicious statues 291 Contextualization and Final Reflections 293 Acknowledgements 298 Reference List 299
