The power of the Buddhas : the politics of Buddhism during the Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392) / Sem Vermeersch
- Bib ID:
- 4545283
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Vermeersch, Sem, 1971-
- Description:
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008
- xxii, 485 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780674031883
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 303.
- Summary:
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"This study is an attempt to specify Buddhism's place in Koryo and to ascertain to what extent and in what areas Buddhism functioned as a state religion. Was state support the main reason for Buddhism's dominance in Koryo? How actively did the state seek to promote religious ideals? What was the strength of Buddhism as an institution and the nature of its relationship to the state? What role did Confucianism, the other state ideology, play in Koryo? This study argues that Buddhism provided most of the symbols and rituals, and some of the beliefs that constructed an aura of legitimacy, but that there was no single ideological system underlying the Koryo dynasty's legitimating strategies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- Foundations of a New Buddhist Policy: T'aejo and Buddhism
- Legal Provisions on the Status of Monks
- The Sa?gha Examination, Ranking and Administration
- The Royal and State Preceptors
- The Buddhist Temple Economy in Early Koryo
- Buddhist State Rituals.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-466) and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Politics of Buddhism during the Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392)
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1930
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