Yungang : art, history, archaeology, liturgy /
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| Author / Creator: | Yi, Lidu, author. |
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| Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. ©2018 |
| Description: | xii, 242 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11366915 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
- 1. Introduction
- Chinese antiquarian documentation
- Pioneering Japanese expeditions
- Chinese scholarship
- Western research
- Purpose and organization of the book
- 2. The sacred site of Yungang
- Making the sacred cave temples of Yungang
- Auspicious geographical environment of Yungang
- Archaeological excavations and related issues
- Art and architecture
- 3. Phase one - emperor as Tathagata
- The imperial five Tanyao caves
- Dates of excavation of the five Tanyao caves
- Emperor as the living Tathagata in the cave temple
- Tanyao and the significance of the translation of sacred books in Yungang
- Concluding remarks
- 4. Phase two - political struggles and chronicles reconsidered
- Dates of caves 11-13 reconsidered
- Reconstructing a chronological sequence of the second-phase cave temples
- Summary of the chronology of the second-phase cave temples
- 5. Considering karmic narratives and liturgical functions
- Reading the iconography
- Modes of narratives and viewers' response
- Ritual and function in a rock-cut cave sanctuary
- Folk faith, karmic practice, and the Tiwei Boli jing
- Concluding remarks
- 6. Phase three - the remaining splendor
- Architectural structure
- Iconographic composition
- Telling tales: narrative stories and visual representations
- Iconographic style
- Classification, dating, and chronological sequence
- Concluding remarks
- One final remark: Buddhist sinicization reconsidered
- 7. Postscript
- Classification of the caves in the third phase
- Groups and periodization of the third-phase caves
- Character glossary
- Selected bibliography
- Index
