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The White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History

ter Haar, Barend·1992·BRILL eBooks
DOI 10.1163/9789004488069
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This book provides a new hypothesis for understanding the real nature of the term White Lotus Teachings. The author argues that there are actually two different phenomena covered by similar terms: from c. 1130 until 1400, a real lay Buddhist movement existed, which can be called the White Lotus movement. It enjoyed the respect of contemporary literati and religious elites. The movement used the autonym White Lotus Society, which came to be prohibited in the early Ming and was discarded as a result. After 1525, the name reappeared in the form White Lotus Teachings, but now only as a derogatory label, used by officials and literati rather than by believers themselves. As a result of this hypothesis, the history of the "White Lotus Teachings" changes from one of religious groups and magicians into one of elite ideology and religious persecution. The book is therefore important both for historians and anthropologists of Chinese religion and society, and for comparative historians interested in the ideological and social construction of "heterodoxy".

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Authors
ter Haar, B.
Corresponding author
ter Haar, Barend
Venue
BRILL eBooks
Publisher
BRILL
Published
1992-01-01
DOI
10.1163/9789004488069
OpenAlex
W2037432765
Cited by
236
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 18 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.31
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
Keywords
Chinese religious history, heterodoxy, religious persecution, elite ideology, Ming dynasty, literati, social construction of religion, Chinese Buddhism

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