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{"title":"What is left of the Zhongjing bielu 眾經別錄","authors":"Chengzhong Pu","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2024.2354616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2024.2354616","url":null,"abstract":"Studies have not only established that fragments P.3737 and S.2872 belong to the Zhongjing bielu referenced in the Lidai sanbao ji but also addressed the dating of work. This article reviews the da...","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141614299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Engendering thunder: Imperial consorts, thunder ritual and the power of Daoist material culture at the Ming court","authors":"Michael E. Naparstek","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2024.2354617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2024.2354617","url":null,"abstract":"This article delves into the world of powerful women at the Ming court and their patronage of Daoist ritual and visual arts, focusing on the significance of Thunder Ritual (leifa 雷法). By examining ...","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141569959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"All life is interconnected: elite Buddhist responses to environmental destruction in the early Anthropocene","authors":"Songjoo Kim","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2296756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2296756","url":null,"abstract":"The Song dynasty was a period of unprecedented change, with new economic policies, agricultural advances, and increased urbanisation accelerating ecological changes in the more densely populated ar...","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139917676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dimming the radiance to mingle with dust: Ximing temple as a confluence of historical elements","authors":"Ru Zhan","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2284014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2284014","url":null,"abstract":"As a major temple associated with the imperial regime, Ximing Temple played multiple roles that ordinary Buddhist temples did not, but, at the same time, it resembled other temples in being an impo...","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139500112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dark wind for seven days and nights: a Chinese apocalyptic disaster","authors":"B. T. ter Haar","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2284003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2284003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138949286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Collusion order: water god beliefs and regional society on the Jianghan Plain during the Ming-Qing era","authors":"Shuaiqi Zhang, Yinuo Xu","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2284011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2284011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"62 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138950686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From the Deer to the Monkey: how the transmission of the Jātaka animal stories to medieval China enriched Chinese culture and complemented Confucianism","authors":"Guo Wu","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2284006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2284006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"6 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138951063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Temples in the Cliffside: Buddhist Art in Sichuan <b>Temples in the Cliffside: Buddhist Art in Sichuan</b> , by Sonya S. Lee, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2021, 296 pp., $65 (hardcover), ISBN 9780295749303","authors":"Angela Falco Howard","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2244348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2244348","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136115195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influence of Pure Land thought on Zhiyi’s 智顗 (538–598) religious practice and teachings perspective","authors":"Xiao Lin","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2244345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2244345","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTZhiyi was one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist masters of his time. Pure Land greatly influenced his thoughts during his lifetime. This article examines Pure Land thought’s influence on him from several perspectives. Firstly, Zhiyi’s annotations on Pure Land scriptures, such as the Foshuo Amituo jing 佛說阿彌陀經 [Skt. Amitābha Sūtra) and Guan Wulingshou jing 觀無量壽經 [Skt. Amitāyur Dhyāna Sūtra; Contemplation Sūtra], demonstrate his understanding of the teachings. Secondly, Zhiyi stressed the importance of incorporating Pure Land thought into Tiantai 天台 practice. Thirdly, Zhiyi included elements associated with the Western Pure Land in his meditation practice. Lastly, Zhiyi said in his dying statement that he wanted to be reborn in Amitābha’s Pure Land. In this wish, he expresses his conviction that the Pure Land teaching is the ultimate goal of a Buddhist. Therefore, it is evident that Zhiyi’s religious beliefs, meditation and final destination in life were profoundly influenced by Pure Land thought.KEYWORDS: ZhiyiPure Landmeditation AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank Prof. Chen Jinhua and Ven. Xian’ao 賢奧 for their highly constructive suggestions on how to improve different aspects of this article. All mistakes are the author’s. The author would also like to thank Maggie Mitchell for her linguistic assistance in preparing this manuscript.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Kantor, Zhiyi’s Great Calming and Contemplation, 335.2. Ando, ‘Tendai Chigi no Jōdo Kyō’, 27–29.3. Tetsuei, ‘Tenndai daishi no kenkyū’, 72–74.4. Xinguang, ‘Yidashi linzhong yiyan zhi tanjiu’, 69–73.5. Kanno, ‘Tendaichigi no shi ni tsuite’, 429–448.6. Lengwang huguo banruo jingshu, T no. 1705, 33: 285b23–24.7. Nanyue sidachanshi li shiyuanwen, T no. 1933, 46: 787a4–6.8. Ibid., 786c4–15.9. Guoqingbailu, T no. 1934, 46: 809c11–12.10. Ibid., 810b28–29.11. Guanxinlun, T no. 1920, 46: 585c28–29.12. Chappell, ‘Early Forebodings’, 122–154.13. On the introduction and interpretation of the four forms of Samādhi of Zhiyi, see Stevenson, ‘The T’ien-t’ai Four Forms of Samadhi’.14. A method of Buddhist practice whereby one circumambulates an image of Amitābha and chants his name for a period of 90 days.15. By contemplating a certain level of meditation and seeing the Buddha standing right in front of you.16. Mohezhiguan, T no. 1911, 46: 12a19–21.17. Wenshushili suoshuo moheboruomi jing, T no. 1911, 46: 731a26–b5.18. Tai Shibata points out that the main basis for the idea of the integration of Tiantai and Pure Land practice in Tiantai is the Guan wuliangshou jing and the changxing samādhi mentioned here. See Shibata, ‘Chūgoku ni okeru zenjō sōshū shisō no seiritsu to tenkai’, 544.19. Banzhou sanmei jing, T no. 418, 13: 905a5–17.20. Ibid., 905b.21. The difference in Zen thought before and after can be found in Eric writings. See Greene, Chan before Chan, 1–10.22. Shi chanboluomi cidifamen, T no. 1916, 46: 494a23–26.23. T no. 1","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135717428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Suzuki Daisetsu’s and Hisamatsu Shin’ichi’s discussions on East Asian arts, dramatic art and ‘Zen’","authors":"Michi Shigeta","doi":"10.1080/23729988.2023.2244346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2023.2244346","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn recent history, Suzuki Daisetsu’s Zen to Nihon bunka and Hisamatsu Shin’ichi’s Zen to bijutsu have defined the East Asian cultural complex as ‘Zen.’ However, the basic characteristics they attributed to ‘Zen’ may not be able to be associated with Zen 禪 (Ch. Chan) in history. From a historical perspective, the specific examples of artworks and performing arts, such as the paintings from Song-Yuan China and Japanese Nō performances, cannot be regarded as Zen. Suzuki also stated that ‘Zen’ is equivalent to ‘Japanese culture,’ a statement which lacks historical validity. At the same time, he used the concepts of ‘Japan’ and ‘the East’ to study the Chinese-made artworks he quoted as examples, making his arguments ambiguous and self-contradictory. On the other hand, although Hisamatsu’s arguments were more aligned with facts when he saw China, Korea and Japan as three distinct geographic entities, he also exhibited a tendency to associate the cultures that match his preferences with ‘Zen.’ Thus, it is hard to view his arguments from an academic perspective. Nevertheless, both works have served as primers through which readers can understand Zen and East Asian culture. Therefore, nowadays we must discuss their arguments from an academic standpoint and offer objective critiques of their arguments.KEYWORDS: Suzuki DaisetsuHisamatsu Shin’ichiJapanese culturediscussions on Zen (Chan)discussions on the East and Japan Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. See, for example, the following studies: MacCarthy, ‘Dewey, Suzuki, and the Elimination of Dichotomies’; Iijima, ‘Suzuki Daisetsu no Zen Shisō-shi Kan wo Saikō Suru Shiza’; Ogawa, Zen shisō-shi kōgi, Chapter Four ‘‘Mu’ to ‘Kindai’: Suzuki Daisetsu to 20 Seiki no Zen’ ‘無’ と’ 近代’:鈴木大拙と二 〇 世紀の禅 [D. T. Suzuki and the Chan of the Twentieth Century].2. The English edition of Suzuki Daisetsu’s Zen to Nihon bunka is Suzuki, Zen Buddhism and its Influence on Japanese Culture (1938). And below is the information about the publication of its Japanese translation: (1) Part One of the original work (the first half) was in Suzuki, Kitagawa, trans., Zen to Nihon bunka (Iwanami shinsho, September 1940). The second edition was published in March 1964; (2) Part Two of the original work (the second half) was in Suzuki, Kitagawa, trans., Zoku Zen to Nihon Bunka (Iwanami shinsho, October 1942). Moreover, the Iwanami shinsho edition of Zen to Nihon bunka has been printed 94 times, from the first edition in 1940 before World War II to the last edition printed in 2022. The second edition published in 1964 was actually the 21st time the book was printed. Additionally, the first edition of Zoku Zen to Nihon Bunka was printed in 1942, while the most updated edition published in 1989 was the eighth time the book was printed.3. When published by Bokubisha in 1957, Zen to bijutsu was a large volume with a cloth hardcover. The book was reprinted by Shibunkaku 思文閣 in 1976. Th","PeriodicalId":36684,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Chinese Religions","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135718410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}