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Zusatztext Marcus Bingenheimer's Island of Guanyin: Mount Putuo and its Gazetteers is a major study of two important subjects in the history of Chinese Buddhism: the Buddhist sacred site of Mount Putuo and the historiographical genre of the temple gazetteer. The book is extremely well-written, theoretically engaged yet free of academic jargon, erudite but always engaging, and addressed both to the specialist in Chinese Buddhism and the educated general-reader without prior knowledge of Mount Putuo or the literary genre of the Chinese gazetteer. It is a profoundly original and important work of scholarship that offers significant contributions to multiple fields of intellectual inquiry. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhist studies, Chinese religion, Chinese history, Chinese literature, book history, or cultural geography. Informationen zum Autor Marcus Bingenheimer is Assistant Professor of Religion at Temple University. Klappentext Island of Guanyin is the first book in English about Mount Putuo, one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in China. Over the centuries, poems, biographies, maps, and legends about Mount Putuo, as well as descriptions of its landscape and temples, have been collected in a series of local histories known as gazetteers. Zusammenfassung Island of Guanyin is the first book in English about Mount Putuo, one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in China. Over the centuries, poems, biographies, maps, and legends about Mount Putuo, as well as descriptions of its landscape and temples, have been collected in a series of local histories known as "gazetteers." Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: "We Confucians" - Prefaces and Postscripts Chapter 2: Landscape and Map - Visual Representations of Mount Putuo Chapter 3: Foundation Legends and Miracle Tales Chapter 4: Elements of Landscape: Stay, Copy, Move and Vanish Chapter 5: People, Biographies Chapter 6: Inscriptions Chapter 7: The Poetic Landscape of Mount Putuo Chapter 8: Travelers and Pilgrims In Conclusion Conventions and Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index ...
