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Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China

Young, Stuart H.·2015·University of Hawaii Press eBooks
DOI 10.21313/hawaii/9780824841201.001.0001
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This book is a study of how medieval Chinese Buddhists represented their ancient Indian forebears as exemplars of Buddhist practice for a world without a Buddha. It focuses on the Chinese hagiographies of Aśvaghoṣa, Nāgārjuna, and Āryadeva in particular, who were celebrated in medieval China as the greatest Buddhist saints since Śākyamuni, and who have long captured the attention of modern Buddhist Studies scholars. In contrast to earlier studies of these figures, which attempt to situate them in ancient Indian history, this book examines Chinese accounts of their lives as means of illuminating the beliefs and concerns of Chinese Buddhists themselves. Through these hagiographies I explore broader issues concerning how Chinese Buddhists conceived Indian Buddhism as a whole, and how they thereby construed the problem of being Buddhist in latter-day China. I examine Chinese Buddhist appropriations of the ancient Indian patriarchs in order to elucidate medieval Chinese conceptions of Buddhist sanctity across the Sino-Indian divide.

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  • Silk was a very common fabric in medieval China as well as a strong symbol of Chinese identity.

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Authors
Young, S. H.
Corresponding author
Young, Stuart H.
ORCID
Young, Stuart H.
Venue
University of Hawaii Press eBooks
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press
Published
2015-02-28
DOI
10.21313/hawaii/9780824841201.001.0001
OpenAlex
W4298066518
Cited by
32
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0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
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1.88
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
University of Hawaii Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
Keywords
Aśvaghoṣa, Nāgārjuna, India-China relations, medieval Chinese Buddhism

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