Protecting the dharma through calligraphy in Tang China : a study of the Ji wang shengjiao xu, the preface to the Buddhist scriptures engraved on stone in Wang Xizhi's collated characters
by
De Laurentis, Pietro, author.
Title
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Protecting the dharma through calligraphy in Tang China : a study of the Ji wang shengjiao xu, the preface to the Buddhist scriptures engraved on stone in Wang Xizhi's collated characters
Study of the Ji wang shengjiao xu, the preface to the Buddhist scriptures engraved on stone in Wang Xizhi's collated characters
Monumenta serica monograph series ,
華裔學志叢書 ,
Ji Wang shengjiao xu.
Monumenta serica monograph series ;
Author
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De Laurentis, Pietro, author.
ISBN
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9781032136936
9781032136950
Personal Author
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De Laurentis, Pietro, author.
Publication Information
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New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Physical Description
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xiv, 449 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm.
Series
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Monumenta serica monograph series , LXXII
華裔學志叢書 , LXXII
Monumenta serica monograph series ; 72.
Abstract
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"This is a study of the earliest and finest collated inscription in the history of Chinese calligraphy, the Ji Wang shengjiao xu (Preface to the Sacred Teaching Scriptures Translated by Xuanzang in Wang Xizhi's Collated Characters), which was erected on January 1, 673. The stele records the two texts written by the Tang emperors Taizong (599-649) and Gaozong (628-683) in honor of the monk Xuanzang (d. 664) and the Buddhist scripture Xin jing (Heart Sutra), collated in the semi-cursive characters of the great master of Chinese calligraphy, Wang Xizhi (303-361). It is thus a Buddhist inscription that combines Buddhist authority, political power, and artistic charm in one single monument. The present book reconstructs the multifaceted context in which the stele was devised, aiming at highlighting the specific role calligraphy played in the propagation and protection of Buddhism in medieval China"-- Provided by publisher.
Title Subject
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Ji Wang shengjiao xu.
Subject Term
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Buddhist inscriptions -- China.
Portion Title
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Study of the Ji wang shengjiao xu, the preface to the Buddhist scriptures engraved on stone in Wang Xizhi's collated characters
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-434) and index.
Field 805
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