Signs from the Unseen Realm: Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China 9780824865719
In early medieval China hundreds of Buddhist miracle texts were circulated, inaugurating a trend that would continue for
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Part I. Signs from the Unseen Realm and Buddhist Miracle Tales in Early Medieval China
Introduction
Wang Yan and the Making of Mingxiang ji
Miracle Tales and the Communities That Exchanged Them
The Idiom of Buddhism Represented in the Tales
Miracle Tales and the Sinicization of Buddhism
The Narrative Shape of the Miraculous
Religious Themes in the Text
Part II. Translation: Signs from the Unseen Realm
Preface
1(27)–25(269)
26(277)–129(967)
Appendix 1. Fragments and Questionable Items
Appendix 2. List of Major Motifs
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
