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dc.contributor.advisorWilliams, Crispin
dc.contributor.authorAghdaie, Taraneh
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T02:50:14Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T02:50:14Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-31
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15306
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/25793
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I examine an encomium written by Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). I explain how the term bianxiang 變相, which was used to refer to a certain type of Buddhist painting popular at the time, is treated by Wang Wei using references to pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts. I argue that despite previous theories which define bianxiang using theological arguments, the term means “sutra illustration.” I discuss references made by Wang Wei in the encomium to early texts, and how the encomium relates to pre-Buddhist inscriptions for the deceased. I also provide the first full translation of the encomium, and an art historical examination of the type of painting for which it was made.
dc.format.extent99 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectAsian studies
dc.subjectArt history
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectBianxiang
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectEncomium
dc.subjectTang Dynasty
dc.subjectWang Wei
dc.titleTransforming the Spirit: Wang Wei’s Encomium on a Pure Land Bianxiang
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberMcMahon, Keith
dc.contributor.cmtememberMcNair, Amy
dc.contributor.cmtememberStevenson, Daniel
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineEast Asian Languages & Cultures
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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