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Reinventing the Tripitaka
Transformation of the Buddhist Canon in Modern East Asia
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ISBN-13:
9781498547581
Veröffentl:
2017
Seiten:
268
Autor:
Jiang Wu
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This volume examines the significance of the Chinese Buddhist canon in modern East Asian Buddhism. Exploring how the Chinese Buddhist canon has evolved and how it is currently utilized, each chapter of this book provides new insights and essential information into the Chinese Buddhist canon during the modern and contemporary periods.
The Chinese Buddhist canon is a systematic collection of all translated Buddhist scriptures and related literatures created in East Asia and has been regarded as one of the “three treasures” in Buddhist communities. Despite its undisputed importance in the history of Buddhism, research on this huge collection has remained largely the province of Buddhologists focusing on textual and bibliographical studies. We thus aim to initiate methodological innovations to study the transformation of the canon by situating it in its modern context, characterized by intricate interactions between East and West as well as among countries in East Asia.
During the modern period the Chinese Buddhist canon has been translated, edited, digitized, and condensed as well as internationalized, contested, and ritualized. The well-known accomplishment of this modern transformation is the compilation of the Taisho Canon during the 1920s. It has become a source of both doctrinal orthodoxy as well as creativity and its significance has greatly increased as Buddhist scholarship and devotionalism has utilized the canon for various ends. However, it is still unclear what led to the creation of the modern editions of the Buddhist canon in East Asia. This volume explores the most significant and interesting developments regarding the Chinese Buddhist canon in modern East Asia including canon formation, textual studies, historical analyses, religious studies, ritual invention, and digital research tools and methods.
During the modern period the Chinese Buddhist canon has been translated, edited, digitized, and condensed as well as internationalized, contested, and ritualized. The well-known accomplishment of this modern transformation is the compilation of the Taisho Canon during the 1920s. It has become a source of both doctrinal orthodoxy as well as creativity and its significance has greatly increased as Buddhist scholarship and devotionalism has utilized the canon for various ends. However, it is still unclear what led to the creation of the modern editions of the Buddhist canon in East Asia. This volume explores the most significant and interesting developments regarding the Chinese Buddhist canon in modern East Asia including canon formation, textual studies, historical analyses, religious studies, ritual invention, and digital research tools and methods.
Introduction:
Jiang Wu and Greg Wilkinson
“The Reinvention of the Buddhist Tripitaka and the Rise of “Textual Modernity” in Modern East Asia”
Part 1 The Buddhist Canon Encounters the West
Part 2 Use and Utility of Modern Editions and Printings
Part 3 The Buddhist Canon in the Digital Age
Appendix:
Fang Guangchang
“Defining the Chinese Buddhist Canon: Its Origin, Periodization, and Future”
Jiang Wu and Greg Wilkinson
“The Reinvention of the Buddhist Tripitaka and the Rise of “Textual Modernity” in Modern East Asia”
Part 1 The Buddhist Canon Encounters the West
- Jiang Wu
- Greg Wilkinson and Nicholas J. Frederick
Part 2 Use and Utility of Modern Editions and Printings
- Kida Tomoo
- Gregory Adam Scott
- Richard D. McBride II
Part 3 The Buddhist Canon in the Digital Age
- Christian Wittern
- A. Charles Muller, Shimoda Masahiro, and Nagasaki Kiyonori
Appendix:
Fang Guangchang
“Defining the Chinese Buddhist Canon: Its Origin, Periodization, and Future”