Search Results - "T'Oung Pao"

A Mountain of Saints and Sages: Muslims in the Landscape of Popular Religion in Late Imperial China by Brown, Tristan G

“…Abstract Near the beginning of the Qing dynasty (1636-1912), the mausoleum of a Sufi saint, the Pavilion of Lingering Illumination, was constructed on an…”
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Becoming Chinese Buddhas: Claims to Authority and the Making of Chan Buddhist Identity by Buckelew, Kevin

“…Abstract According to many recent scholars, by the Song dynasty Chan Buddhists had come to identify not primarily as meditation experts-following the literal…”
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The Significance and Dynamics of the Marriages of Imperial Princes in the Political Plans of the Hongwu Emperor by Beibei, Zhan

“…Abstract The Hongwu emperor's marriage arrangements between members of the noblity and his own children, particularly the imperial princes, are widely…”
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The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) and the Tang Legacy of Obscure Learning (Xuanxue) by Bender, Lucas Rambo

“…Abstract The Corrected Interpretations of the Five Classics (Wujing zhengyi) is a surprisingly neglected source for the study of medieval Chinese intellectual…”
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Sex in the Cloister: Behind the Image of the "Criminal Monk" in Ming Courtroom Tales by Wu, Junqing

“…Abstract Buddhist monks were commonly portrayed as seducers and even rapists in late sixteenth-century vernacular literature, including, most commonly,…”
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The Courtesan as Famous Scholar: The Case of Wang Wei (ca. 1598-ca. 1647) by Xu, Sufeng

“…Abstract This article examines the life and poetry of Wang Wei, one of the most distinguished courtesan poets of the Ming dynasty. Through an examination of…”
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Global Entanglements of a Man Who Never Traveled: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Christian and His Conflicted Worlds, written by Dominic Sachsenmaier, 2018 by Romano, Antonella

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Chinese State and Buddhist Historical Sources on Xuanzang: Historicity and the Daci'en si sanzang fashi zhuan 大慈恩寺三藏法師傳 by Kotyk, Jeffrey

“…Abstract This paper explores the historicity of state and Buddhist accounts of the monk Xuanzang 玄奘 (602-664), arguing that in the reconstruction of Xuanzang's…”
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Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion: A History, written by John Lagerwey, 2018 by Katz, Paul R

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Sold People: Traffickers and Family Life in North China, written by Johanna S. Ransmeier, 2017 by Chevaleyre, Claude

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How Mongolia Matters: War, Law, and Society, edited by Morris Rossabi, 2017 by Even, Marie-Dominique

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Novel Medicine: Healing, Literature, and Popular Knowledge in Early Modern China, written by Andrew Schonebaum, 2016 by Bretelle-Establet, Florence

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Master Shanghong (738?-815 CE) and the Formation of Regional Vinaya Traditions in Tang Buddhism by Sokolova, Anna

“…Abstract After the An Lushan Rebellion in 755, southern China witnessed the rise of the Vinaya movement. Essential sources on the local southern Vinaya…”
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Sold People: Traffickers and Family Life in North China. By Johanna S. Ransmeier. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2017. ix + 395 pp., illus by Chevaleyre, Claude

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What Tang Taizong Could Not Do: The Korean Surrender of 1259 and the Imperial Tradition by Wang, Sixiang

“…Abstract The surrender of the Koryŏ crown prince to Khubilai Khan in 1259 heralded a century of Mongol domination in Korea. According to the Koryŏ sa, the…”
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Explaining Perfection: Quanzhen and Thirteenth-century Chinese Literati by Halperin, Mark

“…Abstract The Quanzhen Daoist order stands as the most dynamic religious element in north China of the tumultuous thirteenth century. Drawing on funeral…”
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Unruly People: Crime, Community, and State in Late Imperial South China, written by Robert J. Antony, 2016 by Buoye, Thomas

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Science and Civilisation in China. Volume VI, Biology and Biological Technology. Part 4, Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach (translated by Janet Lloyd), written by Georges Métailié, 2015 by Despeux, Catherine

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The Emergence of Civilizational Consciousness in Early China: History Word by Word, written by Uffe Bergeton, 2019 by Pines, Yuri

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In memoriam by Bing, Zhao

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