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050 00 $aBQ626$b.H35 2006
082 00 $a294.30951/09021$222
100 1 $aHalperin, Mark,$d1958-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006030413
245 10 $aOut of the cloister :$bliterati perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279 /$cMark Halperin.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Asia Center :$bDistributed by Harvard University Press,$c2006.
300 $avi, 364 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v272
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-350) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tViews from the T'ang --$g2.$tProtecting the dharma --$g3.$tImperial shrines --$g4.$tDeplorable displays and edifying exempla --$g5.$tPersonal matters.
520 1 $a"This book presents a Sung landscape centered on Buddhist temples and maps out the vantage points of doctrine, state, society, and personal considerations from which literati writers viewed temples. The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." In contrast, the Sung is often seen as an age in which the literati distanced themselves from Buddhism. This study of Sung devotional texts shows, however, that many literati participated in intra-Buddhist debates. Others were drawn to Buddhism because of its power, which found expression and reinforcement in its ties with the state. For some, monasteries were extra-vagrant houses of worship that reflected the corruption of the age; for others, the sacrifice and industry demanded by such projects were exemplars worthy of emulation. Finally, Buddhist temples could evoke highly personal feelings of filial piety and nostalgia." "This book demonstrates that representations of Buddhism by lay people underwent a major change over the T'ang-Sung transition. These changes built on basic transformations within the Buddhist and classicist traditions and sometimes resulted in the use of Buddhism and Buddhist temples as frames of reference to evaluate aspects of lay society. Buddhism, far from being pushed to the margins of Chinese culture, became even more a part of everyday elite Chinese life."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aBuddhism$zChina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017494
651 0 $aChina$xHistory$ySong dynasty, 960-1279.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024066
830 0 $aHarvard East Asian monographs ;$v272.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42012381
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006013224.html
852 00 $beal$hBQ626$i.H35 2006
852 00 $beal$hBQ626$i.H35 2006