Squaeling Silkworms, Bug Clothes, and Maidens Who Spit Silk: Indian Silk and Sericulture in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
In medieval China, silk was the fabric of Buddhist monasticism. Silk enmeshed Chinese Buddhist monastery environs, monastic bodies, institutional economies, and literary discourses that helped shape Buddhist identities in China. This article examines how Chinese Buddhists sought to reconcile or reme...
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Language: | English |
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Peeters Publishers
2019
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Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Pages: 633-680 |
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