'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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367732448
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73244-8
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Monumenta Serica Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; China, RELIGION / General, Buddhism, Taoism