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Buddhism --- Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- History --- History. --- 581-960. --- China.

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"Contextualizing the sutra within a milieu of intense religious and cultural experimentation, this volume unravels the sudden rise of Diamond Sutra devotion in the Tang dynasty against the backdrop of a range of social, political, and literary activities. Through the translation and exploration of a substantial body of narratives extolling the efficacy of the sutra, it explores the complex social history of lay Buddhism by focusing on how the laity might have conceived of the sutra and devoted themselves to it. Corroborated by various sources, it reveals the cult's effect on medieval Chinese religiosity in the activities of an empowered laity, who modified and produced parasutraic texts, prompting the monastic establishment to accommodate to the changes they brought about"--

Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- History --- Tripiṭaka. --- Tripiṭaka. --- Tripiṭaka. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Publication and distribution --- History. --- 581-960. --- China.

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"Although scholars have long assumed that early Chinese political authority was rooted in Confucianism, rulership in the medieval period was not bound by a single dominant tradition. To acquire power, emperors deployed objects and figures derived from a range of traditions imbued with religious and political significance. Author April D. Hughes demonstrates how dynastic founders like Wu Zhao (Wu Zetian, r. 690-705), the only woman to rule China under her own name, and Yang Jian (Emperor Wen, r. 581-604), the first ruler of the Sui dynasty, closely identified with Buddhist worldly saviors and Wheel-Turning Kings to legitimate their rule. During periods of upheaval caused by the decline of the Dharma, worldly saviors arrived on earth to quell chaos and to rule and liberate their subjects simultaneously. By incorporating these figures into the imperial system, sovereigns were able to depict themselves both as monarchs and as Buddhas or Bodhisattvas in uncertain times.

Buddhism and state --- Buddhism and state. --- Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- History --- History --- Sui Wendi, --- Sui Wendi, --- Wu hou, --- Wu hou, --- 581-960. --- China.

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Ben shu jiang Dunhuang seng si na ru dao zheng ge zhong gu she hui fo jiao fa zhan de zhe ge da de li shi bei jing dang zhong, yi Dunhuang jing tu si he long xing si wei chong dian, yan jiu Tang hou qi Wu dai Song chu Dunhuang seng si de cun zai xing tai. 本书将敦煌僧寺纳入到整个中古社会佛教发展的这个大的历史背景当中, 以敦煌净土寺和龙兴寺为重点, 研究唐后期五代宋初敦煌僧寺的存在形态.

Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- Buddhist monasteries --- Buddhist monasteries --- Buddhist monasteries. --- Fo jiao --- History --- History --- History --- Si yuan --- Yan jiu --- 581-960. --- China --- China. --- Dun huang (li shi di ming) --- Fo jiao shi --- Yan jiu.