Matteo Nicolini-Zani
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- April 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780197609644
- eISBN:
- 9780197609675
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197609644.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The Chinese Christian texts produced in the Tang dynasty can be read only against the political, cultural, and religious background in which the Christian communities lived in the Chinese Tang ...
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The Chinese Christian texts produced in the Tang dynasty can be read only against the political, cultural, and religious background in which the Christian communities lived in the Chinese Tang Empire. This chapter offers a summary of the historical data that have come down to us and are attested to by the sources (Chinese, Syriac, Arabic, and others), together with an attempt to reconstruct the geographical location of Christian monasteries in the Chinese territory, the ethnic composition and internal hierarchical structure of Christian communities, as well as the different denominations of Christianity in China between about 635 and 845.Less
The Chinese Christian texts produced in the Tang dynasty can be read only against the political, cultural, and religious background in which the Christian communities lived in the Chinese Tang Empire. This chapter offers a summary of the historical data that have come down to us and are attested to by the sources (Chinese, Syriac, Arabic, and others), together with an attempt to reconstruct the geographical location of Christian monasteries in the Chinese territory, the ethnic composition and internal hierarchical structure of Christian communities, as well as the different denominations of Christianity in China between about 635 and 845.
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- March 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780190876456
- eISBN:
- 9780190876494
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190876456.003.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
The introduction offers a short biography of Cheng Xuanying, a discussion of the historical and political context of Daoism in early medieval China in the capital Chang’an with special focus on the ...
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The introduction offers a short biography of Cheng Xuanying, a discussion of the historical and political context of Daoism in early medieval China in the capital Chang’an with special focus on the interaction with Buddhism, a discussion of Cheng’s philosophy in relation to the interaction of Daoism and Buddhism, and a section on conventions of the book. The discussion of Cheng Xuanying’s philosophy includes a section on textual organization, a discussion of Twofold Mystery (chongxuan) as a method, a section explaining the relation of Dao to the phenomenal world, a section on Cheng’s interpretation of the human being, the mind, and cultivation, and a discussion of Cheng’s conception of the sage.Less
The introduction offers a short biography of Cheng Xuanying, a discussion of the historical and political context of Daoism in early medieval China in the capital Chang’an with special focus on the interaction with Buddhism, a discussion of Cheng’s philosophy in relation to the interaction of Daoism and Buddhism, and a section on conventions of the book. The discussion of Cheng Xuanying’s philosophy includes a section on textual organization, a discussion of Twofold Mystery (chongxuan) as a method, a section explaining the relation of Dao to the phenomenal world, a section on Cheng’s interpretation of the human being, the mind, and cultivation, and a discussion of Cheng’s conception of the sage.
