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Transforming the Spirit: Wang Wei’s Encomium on a Pure Land Bianxiang
dc.contributor.advisor | Williams, Crispin | |
dc.contributor.author | Aghdaie, Taraneh | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-30T02:50:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-30T02:50:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15306 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/25793 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 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.extent | 99 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Asian studies | |
dc.subject | Art history | |
dc.subject | Religion | |
dc.subject | Bianxiang | |
dc.subject | Buddhism | |
dc.subject | Encomium | |
dc.subject | Tang Dynasty | |
dc.subject | Wang Wei | |
dc.title | Transforming the Spirit: Wang Wei’s Encomium on a Pure Land Bianxiang | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | McMahon, Keith | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | McNair, Amy | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Stevenson, Daniel | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | East Asian Languages & Cultures | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |