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Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China

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Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China

Christine Mollier, "Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China"
University of Hawaii Press | 2008-01 | ISBN: 0824831691 | 241 pages | PDF | 4,1 MB

Christine Mollier reveals in this volume previously unexplored dimensions of the interaction between Buddhism and Taoism in medieval China. While scholars of Chinese religions have long recognized the mutual influences linking the two traditions, Mollier here brings to light their intense contest for hegemony in the domains of scripture and ritual. Drawing on a far-reaching investigation of canonical texts, together with manuscript sources from Dunhuang and the monastic libraries of Japan - many of them studied here for the first time - she demonstrates the competition and complementarity of the two great Chinese religions in their quest to address personal and collective fears of diverse ills, including sorcery, famine, and untimely death.


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