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Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712)

Jie Chen

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Description:The Buddhist monk Fazang (643-712), regarded today mainly as a scholastic monk, was in fact one of the greatest metaphysicians in Asia. This biographical - and hagiographical - study of Fazang seeks to explore his other contributions and in doing so, it corrects some major mis-presentations and misinterpretations existing in modern scholarship. It highlights and uncovers aspects of Fazang's complicated life which have been neglected or ignored until now. By experimenting with some methodological innovations in reading medieval Chinese monastic hagio-biography, this study reveals general features, structures and overall governing laws of medieval East Asian monastic hagio-biographic literature. In doing so, it is a major contribution to the ongoing discussion among scholars of hagiography in other contexts as well.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712). To get started finding Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 539

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1281920886

Description: The Buddhist monk Fazang (643-712), regarded today mainly as a scholastic monk, was in fact one of the greatest metaphysicians in Asia. This biographical - and hagiographical - study of Fazang seeks to explore his other contributions and in doing so, it corrects some major mis-presentations and misinterpretations existing in modern scholarship. It highlights and uncovers aspects of Fazang's complicated life which have been neglected or ignored until now. By experimenting with some methodological innovations in reading medieval Chinese monastic hagio-biography, this study reveals general features, structures and overall governing laws of medieval East Asian monastic hagio-biographic literature. In doing so, it is a major contribution to the ongoing discussion among scholars of hagiography in other contexts as well.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712). To get started finding Philosopher, Practitioner, Politician: The Many Lives of Fazang (643-712), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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