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Verfasst von:	Chen, Huaiyu [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	In the land of tigers and snakes
Titelzusatz:	living with animals in medieval Chinese religions
Verf.angabe:	Huaiyu Chen
Verlagsort:	New York
Verlag:	Columbia University Press
E-Jahr:	2023
Jahr:	[2023]
Umfang:	1 Online-Ressource (x, 271 Seiten)
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
Schrift/Sprache:	In English
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Frontmatter
	Contents
	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	1. Buddhists Categorizing Animals: Medieval Chinese Classification Systems
	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
ISBN:	978-0-231-55464-0
Abstract:	Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist ideas and imagery to the Chinese context, writers reinterpreted and modified the meanings different creatures possessed. Medieval sources tell stories of monks taming wild tigers, detail rituals for killing snakes, and even address the question of whether a parrot could achieve enlightenment.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. Chen illustrates how Buddhism influenced Chinese knowledge and experience of animals as well as how Chinese state ideology, Daoism, and local cultic practices reshaped Buddhism. He shows how Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism developed doctrines, rituals, discourses, and practices to manage power relations between animals and humans.Drawing on a wide range of sources, including traditional texts, stone inscriptions, manuscripts, and visual culture, this interdisciplinary book bridges history, religious studies, animal studies, and environmental studies. In examining how Buddhist depictions of the natural world and Chinese taxonomies of animals mutually enriched each other, In the Land of Tigers and Snakes offers a new perspective on how Buddhism took root in Chinese society
DOI:	doi:10.7312/chen20260
URL:	Resolving-System: https://doi.org/10.7312/chen20260
	Verlag: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231554640
	Cover: https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231554640/original
	DOI: https://doi.org/10.7312/chen20260
Schlagwörter:	(g)China    / (s)Buddhismus    / (s)Tiere    / (s)Taoismus    / (s)Konfuzianismus    / (z)Geschichte 500-1500
Datenträger:	Online-Ressource
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Chen, Huaiyu, 1974 - : In the land of tigers and snakes. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2023. - x, 271 Seiten
Sach-SW:	RELIGION / Buddhism / History
K10plus-PPN:	1841623539
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