'Zhenzheng Lun' By Xuanyi - A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

The Zhenzheng lun ??? (T 2112, Treatise of Revealing the Correct) is a Chinese Buddhist apologetic treatise with a distinct anti-Daoist stance in three juan.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Julch, Thomas Jülch
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780367182854
• ISBN: 978-0-367-18285-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Monumenta Serica Monograph Series; Monumenta Serica Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; China, RELIGION / General, Buddhism, Taoism