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In the Land of Tigers and Snakes – Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

Autor Huaiyu Chen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2023
Huaiyu Chen examines how Buddhist ideas about animals changed and were changed by medieval Chinese culture. He explores the entangled relations among animals, religions, the state, and local communities, considering both the multivalent meanings associated with animals and the daily experience of living with the natural world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780231202619
ISBN-10: 023120261X
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Columbia University Press
Seria The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies


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Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Buddhists Categorizing Animals: Medieval Chinese Classification
2. Confucians Civilizing Unruly Beasts: Tigers and Pheasants
3. Buddhists Taming Felines: The Companionship of the Tiger
4. Daoists Transforming Ferocious Tigers: Practical Techniques and Rhetorical Strategies
5. Buddhists Killing Reptiles: Snakes in Religious Competition
6. Buddhists Enlightening Virtuous Birds: The Parrot as a Religious Agent
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index