Protecting the "Dharma" through calligraphy in Tang China: a study of the Ji wang shengjiao xu 集王聖教序, the preface to the Buddhist scriptures engraved on stone in Wang Xizhi's collated characters
"This is a study of the earliest and finest collated inscription in the history of Chinese calligraphy, the Ji Wang shengjiao xu 集王聖教序 (Preface to the Sacred Teaching Scriptures Translated by Xuanzang in Wang Xizhi's Collated Characters), which was erected on January 1, 673. The stele reco...
| Published in: | Monumenta Serica / Monograph series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Sankt Augustin
Institut Monumenta Serica
2021
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| In: |
Monumenta Serica / Monograph series (72)
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| Series/Journal: | Monumenta Serica / Monograph series
72 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wang, Xizhi 321-361
/ China
/ Stele
/ Inscription
/ Buddhist literature
/ Calligraphy
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| Further subjects: | B
Ji Wang shengjiao xu
B Buddhist inscriptions (China) |
| Summary: | "This is a study of the earliest and finest collated inscription in the history of Chinese calligraphy, the Ji Wang shengjiao xu 集王聖教序 (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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032136936 |