The "Zhenzheng lun" by Xuanyi

A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China

Thomas Jülch (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-18285-4 (ISBN)

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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. It is organized as a dialogue between a Daoist, the "Venerable Obstructed by Customs" (zhisu gongzi 滯俗公子), and the Buddhist "Master Revealing the Correct" (zhenzheng xiansheng 甄正先生) in which the former is gradually led towards an orthodox Buddhist understanding by the latter through the refutation of his various arguments against Buddhism. Composed in the late 7th century, the text was authored depending on the political interests and strategies of Wu Zhao武曌 (624–705), who in 690 was enthroned as Empress Wu Zetian 武則天. This study of Thomas Jülch offers a richly annotated and complete translation of the Zhenzheng lun along with an introductory part that focuses on reconstructing the political and propagandistic circumstances relevant to the understanding of the Zhenzheng lun.

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

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

Erscheinungsdatum	07.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Monumenta Serica Monograph Series
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-18285-8 / 0367182858
ISBN-13	978-0-367-18285-4 / 9780367182854
Zustand	Neuware