John R. McRae
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520237971
- eISBN:
- 9780520937079
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520237971.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
In the first half of the eighth century, the cities of Chang'an and Luoyang in northern China were the greatest urban centers in the world. The Chang'an walls formed a nearly square rectangle ...
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In the first half of the eighth century, the cities of Chang'an and Luoyang in northern China were the greatest urban centers in the world. The Chang'an walls formed a nearly square rectangle enclosing a neatly ordered set of government centers, market areas, and neighborhoods. For students of Chan Buddhism, Luoyang is also known as the city just north of Mount Song, with which Bodhidharma had been associated since at least 645. This chapter discusses imperial patronage and the Chan style during the metropolitan Chan, Shenhui's campaign against the “Northern School” and his attack on Shenxiu's students, the Oxhead school and the crisis between the Northern and Southern schools, the Platform Sūtra as the climax text of early Chan, Huineng and the evolution of Chan, and three major events in the eighth century that significantly altered the evolution of Chan.Less
In the first half of the eighth century, the cities of Chang'an and Luoyang in northern China were the greatest urban centers in the world. The Chang'an walls formed a nearly square rectangle enclosing a neatly ordered set of government centers, market areas, and neighborhoods. For students of Chan Buddhism, Luoyang is also known as the city just north of Mount Song, with which Bodhidharma had been associated since at least 645. This chapter discusses imperial patronage and the Chan style during the metropolitan Chan, Shenhui's campaign against the “Northern School” and his attack on Shenxiu's students, the Oxhead school and the crisis between the Northern and Southern schools, the Platform Sūtra as the climax text of early Chan, Huineng and the evolution of Chan, and three major events in the eighth century that significantly altered the evolution of Chan.
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.
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/9780197609644.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter introduces the reader to the Chinese Christian documents produced during the Tang dynasty: (1) the inscription engraved on the 781 Christian eulogistic stele found in Xi’an in 1623, with ...
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This chapter introduces the reader to the Chinese Christian documents produced during the Tang dynasty: (1) the inscription engraved on the 781 Christian eulogistic stele found in Xi’an in 1623, with particular attention to the different “stories” about its discovery and interpretation; (2) the text inscribed on the 815 Christian funerary pillar recently found in Luoyang; (3) the so-called “Dunhuang” manuscripts and the history of research on them, summarizing what published studies say about the origin, transmission, and authenticity of these documents. This chapter analyzes the composition of the texts (dating, authorship, and literary form) and particularly highlights the most original elements of their content and the terminology they borrowed from other religious languages.Less
This chapter introduces the reader to the Chinese Christian documents produced during the Tang dynasty: (1) the inscription engraved on the 781 Christian eulogistic stele found in Xi’an in 1623, with particular attention to the different “stories” about its discovery and interpretation; (2) the text inscribed on the 815 Christian funerary pillar recently found in Luoyang; (3) the so-called “Dunhuang” manuscripts and the history of research on them, summarizing what published studies say about the origin, transmission, and authenticity of these documents. This chapter analyzes the composition of the texts (dating, authorship, and literary form) and particularly highlights the most original elements of their content and the terminology they borrowed from other religious languages.
