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Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician
Jinhua Chen
其他書名
The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712)
出版BRILL, 2007
主題Social Science / GeneralReligion / Eastern
ISBN97890041561359004156135
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XSkbHeXWLUwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Buddhist monk Fazang (643-712), regarded today mainly as a scholastic monk, was in fact one of the greatest metaphysicians in Asia. This biographical - and hagiographical - study of Fazang seeks to explore his other contributions and in so doing to correct some major mis-presentations and misinterpretations existing in modern scholarship. It highlights and uncovers aspects of Fazang s complicated life which have been neglected or ignored until now. By experimenting with some methodological innovations in reading medieval Chinese monastic hagio-biography, this study reveals general features, structures and overall governing laws of medieval East Asian monastic hagio-biographic literature. In doing so it is a major contribution to the ongoing discussion among scholars of hagiography in other contexts as well.