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Practicing Scripture - A Lay Buddhist Movement in Late Imperial China (Hardcover)
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Practicing Scripture - A Lay Buddhist Movement in Late Imperial China (Hardcover)
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Practicing Scripture is an original and detailed history of one of
the most successful religious movements of late imperial China, the
Non-Action Teachings, or Wuweijiao, from its beginnings in the late
sixteenth century in the prefectures of southern Zhejiang to the
middle of the twentieth century, when communist repression dealt it
a crippling blow. Uncovering important data on its beliefs and
practices, Barend ter Haar paints a wholly new picture of the
group, which, despite its Daoist-sounding name, was a deeply devout
lay Buddhist movement whose adherents rejected the worship of
statues and ancestors while venerating the writings of Patriarch
Luo (fl. early sixteenth century), a soldier-turned-lay-Buddhist.
The texts, written in vernacular Chinese and known as the Five
Books in Six Volumes, mix personal experiences, religious views,
and a wealth of quotations from the Buddhist canon. Ter Haar
convincingly demonstrates that the Non-Action Teachings was not
messianic or millenarian in orientation and had nothing to do with
other new religious groups and networks traditionally labelled as
White Lotus Teachings. It combined Chan and Pure Land practices
with a strong self-identity and vegetarianism and actively insisted
on the right of free practice. Members of the movement created a
foundation myth in which Ming (1368-1644) emperor Zhengde bestowed
the right upon their mythical forefather. In addition, they
produced an imperial proclamation whereby Emperor Kangxi of the
Qing (1645-1911) granted the group similar privileges. Thanks to
its expert handling of a great number and variety of extant
sources, Practicing Scripture depicts one of the few lay movements
in traditional China that can be understood in some depth, both in
terms of its religious content and history and its social
environment. The work will be welcomed by China specialists in
religious and Buddhist studies and social history.
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