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This is the first book in any language offering a comprehensive
study that places Daoxuan (596-667), one of the most important
scholarly monks, in the context of medieval Chinese Buddhist
history. In presenting a fresh image of medieval monastic life of
Chinese Buddhism, it focuses on several key issues in Daoxuan's
work, including the veneration of Buddha's relics, the re-creation
of the ordination platform and ordination ritual, and how the
Buddhist community reclassified and dealt with monastic property.
It is indispensable for all those who are interested in the
religions and history of medieval China and comparative
monasticism.
Methane Emissions from Unique Wetlands in China: Case Studies, Meta
Analyses and Modelling is a landmark volume in the development of
studies about methane emission from wetlands. Although there are
books about methane emissions from rice paddies, natural wetlands
and reservoirs, this book is the first one that provides
information about methane emission from wetlands in China.
Moreover, the book picks up very unique wetlands, alpine wetlands
on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and Three
Gorges Reservoir (the world's largest hydroelectric reservoir) as
cases to study methane emissions. It reviews and meta-analyses
methane emissions from rice paddies, natural wetlands and lakes in
China during the past twenty years. Furthermore, this book acts as
bridge to connect microbial ecology and modelling: it both
describes methane-producing bacteria dynamics and methane emission
modelling.
Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice.
However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found
in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which
Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist
ideas and imagery to the Chinese context, writers reinterpreted and
modified the meanings different creatures possessed. Medieval
sources tell stories of monks taming wild tigers, detail rituals
for killing snakes, and even address the question of whether a
parrot could achieve enlightenment. Huaiyu Chen examines how
Buddhist ideas about animals changed and were changed by medieval
Chinese culture. He explores the entangled relations among animals,
religions, the state, and local communities, considering both the
multivalent meanings associated with animals and the daily
experience of living with the natural world. Chen illustrates how
Buddhism influenced Chinese knowledge and experience of animals as
well as how Chinese state ideology, Daoism, and local cultic
practices reshaped Buddhism. He shows how Buddhism, Confucianism,
and Daoism developed doctrines, rituals, discourses, and practices
to manage power relations between animals and humans. Drawing on a
wide range of sources, including traditional texts, stone
inscriptions, manuscripts, and visual culture, this
interdisciplinary book bridges history, religious studies, animal
studies, and environmental studies. In examining how Buddhist
depictions of the natural world and Chinese taxonomies of animals
mutually enriched each other, In the Land of Tigers and Snakes
offers a new perspective on how Buddhism took root in Chinese
society.
Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice.
However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found
in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which
Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist
ideas and imagery to the Chinese context, writers reinterpreted and
modified the meanings different creatures possessed. Medieval
sources tell stories of monks taming wild tigers, detail rituals
for killing snakes, and even address the question of whether a
parrot could achieve enlightenment. Huaiyu Chen examines how
Buddhist ideas about animals changed and were changed by medieval
Chinese culture. He explores the entangled relations among animals,
religions, the state, and local communities, considering both the
multivalent meanings associated with animals and the daily
experience of living with the natural world. Chen illustrates how
Buddhism influenced Chinese knowledge and experience of animals as
well as how Chinese state ideology, Daoism, and local cultic
practices reshaped Buddhism. He shows how Buddhism, Confucianism,
and Daoism developed doctrines, rituals, discourses, and practices
to manage power relations between animals and humans. Drawing on a
wide range of sources, including traditional texts, stone
inscriptions, manuscripts, and visual culture, this
interdisciplinary book bridges history, religious studies, animal
studies, and environmental studies. In examining how Buddhist
depictions of the natural world and Chinese taxonomies of animals
mutually enriched each other, In the Land of Tigers and Snakes
offers a new perspective on how Buddhism took root in Chinese
society.
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