The Zhenzheng Lun by Xuanyi: A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China

ISBN-13: 9780367732448 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 204 str.

Thomas J?lch

Opis

The Zhenzheng lun 甄正論 (T 2112, Treatise of Revealing the Correct) is a Chinese Buddhist apologetic treatise with a distinct anti-Daoist stance in three juan.

Spis treści

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword HELWIG SCHMIDT-GLINTZER

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

I. Buddhism and Political Ideology under Wu Zetian

II. Aspects of Daoist Thought Refuted in the Zhenzheng lun

III. The Zhenzheng lun and its Place in Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought

IV. Falin, Xuanyi, and the Zhenzheng lun: A Contextualization

V. A Comparative Perspective

Preliminary Remarks

Translation (DS 1-30)

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Thomas Jülch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.