Lucas A. Wolf
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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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Thomas Mazanec's profile was updated on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
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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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Thomas Mazanec changed their profile picture on MLA Commons 8 years, 8 months ago
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Bryan Lowe's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
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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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Bryan Lowe deposited Buddhist Manuscript Cultures in Premodern Japan in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoRecent discoveries and scholarship on Japanese Buddhist manuscripts have illuminated new areas of research and raised previously unexplored questions in Buddhist studies and East Asian religions. This article introduces some of the recent finds and approaches to these materials. It focuses on three sets of sources: scriptorium documents from an…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Buddhist Manuscript Cultures in Premodern Japan in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoRecent discoveries and scholarship on Japanese Buddhist manuscripts have illuminated new areas of research and raised previously unexplored questions in Buddhist studies and East Asian religions. This article introduces some of the recent finds and approaches to these materials. It focuses on three sets of sources: scriptorium documents from an…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited The Scripture on Saving and Protecting Body and Life: An Introduction and Translation in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis article introduces and translates the Scripture on Saving and Protecting Body and Life (Jiuhu shenming jing 救護身命經), a text likely composed in sixth-century China that claims to represent the words of the Buddha. The article traces the treatment of this text in Chinese catalogues, and analyzes its themes with regard to other works composed…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited The Discipline of Writing: Scribes and Purity in Eighth-Century Japan in the group
History on Humanities Commons 9 years agoThis article focuses on ritualized scribal practices in eighth-century Japan. It uses colophons, scriptorium documents, and narrative tales to explore how sutra copyists upheld vegetarian diets, performed ablutions, wore ritual garments, and avoided contact with pollutants stemming from death and illness. Such practices, often described in terms…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
The 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] -
Bryan Lowe deposited Contingent and Contested: Preliminary Remarks on Buddhist Catalogs and Canons in Early Japan on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
This 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 Buddhist Manuscript Cultures in Premodern Japan on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
Recent discoveries and scholarship on Japanese Buddhist manuscripts have illuminated new areas of research and raised previously unexplored questions in Buddhist studies and East Asian religions. This article introduces some of the recent finds and approaches to these materials. It focuses on three sets of sources: scriptorium documents from an…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited The Scripture on Saving and Protecting Body and Life: An Introduction and Translation on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
This article introduces and translates the Scripture on Saving and Protecting Body and Life (Jiuhu shenming jing 救護身命經), a text likely composed in sixth-century China that claims to represent the words of the Buddha. The article traces the treatment of this text in Chinese catalogues, and analyzes its themes with regard to other works composed…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited The Discipline of Writing Scribes and Purity in Eighth-Century Japan on Humanities Commons 9 years ago
This article focuses on ritualized scribal practices in eighth-century Japan. It uses colophons, scriptorium documents, and narrative tales to explore how sutra copyists upheld vegetarian diets, performed ablutions, wore ritual garments, and avoided contact with pollutants stemming from death and illness. Such practices, often described in terms…[Read more]
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