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Tom Mazanec deposited The Invention of Chinese Buddhist Poetry: Poet-Monks in Late Medieval China (c. 760-960) in the group
LLC East Asian on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months agoThis dissertation presents an alternative history of late medieval literature, one which traces the development of Chinese Buddhist poetry into a fully autonomous tradition. It does so through a careful study of the works of poet-monks in the late medieval period (760–960). These poet-monks established a tradition of elite Buddhist poetry in c…[Read more]
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Tom Mazanec deposited Review of The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy by Nicolas Tackett on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
Review of The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. By Nicolas TACKETT. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2014. Pp. xv + 281.
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Tom Mazanec deposited Jiǎ Dǎo’s Rhythm, or, How to Translate the Tones of Classical Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
Since the early twentieth century, translators and critics of classical Chinese poetry have tended to focus on imagery and suggestion, balking at rhythm. It is commonly assumed that modern English and classical Chinese are too different, phonemically, for any of the aural qualities of one to translate into the other. My essay aims to overcome…[Read more]
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Tom Mazanec deposited Guanxiu’s “Mountain-Dwelling Poems”: A Translation on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
This is a translation of one of the most influential poetic series of the late-ninth century, the twenty-four “Mountain-Dwelling Poems” written by the Buddhist monk Guanxiu (832–913). Focusing on the speaker’s use of imagery and allusion, the translations are accompanied by annotations which clarify obscure or difficult passages. An introdu…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
History on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Contingent and Contested: Preliminary Remarks on Buddhist Catalogs and Canons in Early Japan in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis article explores the notion of the Buddhist canon in seventh- and eighth-century Japan. It relies on scriptorium documents, temple records, and manuscripts of catalogs to argue that there was no single Buddhist canon in ancient Japan; each was created at a particular moment in a unique configuration to respond to the needs of the patron and…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Contingent and Contested: Preliminary Remarks on Buddhist Catalogs and Canons in Early Japan in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis article explores the notion of the Buddhist canon in seventh- and eighth-century Japan. It relies on scriptorium documents, temple records, and manuscripts of catalogs to argue that there was no single Buddhist canon in ancient Japan; each was created at a particular moment in a unique configuration to respond to the needs of the patron and…[Read more]
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