Buddhist miracle tales from early medieval China Campany, Robert Ford 1959- creator text globe bibliography Electronic books hiu Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press 2012 monographic eng chi 1 online resource (1 volume) In early medieval China hundreds of Buddhist miracle texts were circulated, inaugurating a trend that would continue for centuries. Each tale recounted extraordinary events involving Chinese persons and places--events seen as verifying claims made in Buddhist scriptures, demonstrating the reality of karmic retribution, or confirming the efficacy of Buddhist devotional practices. Robert Ford Campany, one of North America's preeminent scholars of Chinese religion, presents in this volume the first complete, annotated translation, with in-depth commentary, of the largest extant collection of miracle tales from the early medieval period, Wang Yan's Records of Signs from the Unseen Realm, compiled around 490 C.E. In addition to the translation, Campany provides a substantial study of the text and its author in their historical and religious settings. He shows how these lively tales helped integrate Buddhism into Chinese society at the same time that they served as platforms for religious contestation and persuasion. Campany offers a nuanced, clear methodological discussion of how such narratives, being products of social memory, may be read as valuable evidence for the history of religion and culture. Readers interested in Buddhism; historians of Chinese religions, culture, society, and literature; scholars of comparative religion: All will find Signs from the Unseen Realm a stimulating and rich contribution to scholarship. Part I. Signs from the unseen realm and Buddhist miracle tales in early medieval China -- part II. Translation : signs from the unseen realm. a translation and study by Robert Ford Campany. Includes bibliographical references and index. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL a-cc--- Wang, Yan active 5th century Miracles (Buddhism) Buddhist legends China RELIGION Comparative Religion RELIGION Buddhism General Buddhist legends Miracles (Buddhism) China China Religion Buddhismus Legende Wundergeschichte Übersetzung Wundergeschichte Chinesisch Buddhismus China Mirakel buddhism Buddhistiska legender buddhista irodalom legendák kínai BQ5775.C6 C36 2012 294.3/44320951 Wang, Yan, active 5th century Campany, Robert Ford, 1959- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011038216 9780824865719 0824865715 9780824869601 0824869605 22573/ctt62qw22 JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750792 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=750792 Use copy MiAaHDL Nz 110923 20200709060116.0 ocn794925907 eng