From Modengjia Jing to Xiuyaojing: The Accumulation of Indian Astronomical Knowledge in the Chinese Buddhist Canon

This paper explores the accumulation of Indian astronomical knowledge within Chinese Buddhist scriptures and its dissemination across Chinese society through a comparative study of the Modengjia jing (Ch1 of the ZKA) and the Xiuyao jing (XYJ). The period from the Ch1 of ZKA to the XYJ was a time whe...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhou, Liqun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B Modengjia jing
B Xiuyaojing
B Indian astronomical knowledge
B Chinese Buddhist canon
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1898367086
003 DE-627
005 20240810055505.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 240810s2024 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.3390/rel15080968  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1898367086 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1898367086 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |a Zhou, Liqun  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1015515991  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a From Modengjia Jing to Xiuyaojing: The Accumulation of Indian Astronomical Knowledge in the Chinese Buddhist Canon 
264 1 |c 2024 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a This paper explores the accumulation of Indian astronomical knowledge within Chinese Buddhist scriptures and its dissemination across Chinese society through a comparative study of the Modengjia jing (Ch1 of the ZKA) and the Xiuyao jing (XYJ). The period from the Ch1 of ZKA to the XYJ was a time when Buddhism was in the midst of developing and maturing within China. The Ch1 of the ZKA is regarded as the first Buddhist scripture including a complete account of Indian nakṣatra astrology and translated from Sanskrit parallel text, rather than a native work codified by Buddhists in Ancient China. The XYJ is not a translation but rather an authoritative handbook of Indian astrological knowledge taught by Amoghavajra. A detailed comparison of the contents of the two texts shows that the knowledge contained within Ch1 of the ZKA belongs to the Vedic era and that the XYJ belongs to the post-Vedic era. Beginning with the Ch1 of the ZKA and ending with the XYJ, Buddhist astronomical knowledge steadily grew. Yang Jingfeng’s revision and explanation of the first fascicle of the Sutra reflects Ancient Chinese intellectuals’ acceptance, digestion, and recreation of Buddhist astronomical knowledge. His abandonment of the “Calculation of weekdays” reflects the influence of the Chinese mathematical and astronomical tradition and the calendar tradition upon his perspective; perhaps this is one of the reasons why China has accepted the weekday within daily life up to the modern era. Every civilization, in learning to assimilate other cultures, has a choice between foreignization and domestication, within which a tension is reflected. Learning from foreign cultures is about keeping up with the most advanced civilizations in the world and advancing with the times, while maintaining one’s own cultural identity and cultural characteristics is necessary for one’s own civilization; these two notions are complementary and should not be neglected. 
601 |a Astronomie 
601 |a Knowledge 
601 |a Buddhist 
650 4 |a Chinese Buddhist canon 
650 4 |a Indian astronomical knowledge 
650 4 |a Modengjia jing 
650 4 |a Xiuyaojing 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Religions  |d Basel : MDPI, 2010  |g 15(2024), 8, Artikel-ID 968  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)665435797  |w (DE-600)2620962-7  |w (DE-576)348219067  |x 2077-1444  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:15  |g year:2024  |g number:8  |g elocationid:968 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15080968  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/8/968  |x Verlag  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
912 |a NOMM 
935 |a mteo 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4564664158 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1898367086 
LOK |0 005 20240810055505 
LOK |0 008 240810||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2024-08-09#0558A0F4D3B2A99E2B62335253B20F304F40ACA9 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a zota 
OAS |a 1 
ORI |a TA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
SUB |a REL