The "Zhenzheng lun" by Xuanyi : A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China (Hardcover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

HELWIG SCHMIDT-GLINTZER .............................................................. vii

Acknowledgements ............................................................................... ix

Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xi

Introduction ......................................................................................... 1

I. Buddhism and Political Ideology under Wu Zetian .................................... 1

II. Aspects of Daoist Thought Refuted in the Zhenzheng lun ............................ 4

III. The Zhenzheng lun and its Place in Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought ...... 7

IV. Falin, Xuanyi, and the Zhenzheng lun: A Contextualization ..................... 11

V. A Comparative Perspective ............................................................. 13

Preliminary Remarks ............................................................................ 17

Translation ........................................................................................ 19

DS 1 ............................................................................................. 19

DS 2 ............................................................................................. 20

DS 3 ............................................................................................. 27

DS 4 ............................................................................................. 33

DS 5 ............................................................................................. 42

DS 6 ............................................................................................. 46

DS 7 ............................................................................................. 58

DS 8 ............................................................................................. 62

DS 9 ............................................................................................. 66

DS 10 ........................................................................................... 68

DS 11 ........................................................................................... 72

DS 12 ........................................................................................... 75

DS 13 ........................................................................................... 77

DS 14 ........................................................................................... 84

DS 15 ........................................................................................... 91

DS 16 ........................................................................................... 95

DS 17 ........................................................................................... 99

DS 18 .......................................................................................... 114

DS 19 .......................................................................................... 114

DS 20 .......................................................................................... 117

DS 21 .......................................................................................... 123

DS 22 .......................................................................................... 132

DS 23 .......................................................................................... 140

DS 24 .......................................................................................... 143

DS 25 .......................................................................................... 145

DS 26 .......................................................................................... 146

DS 27 .......................................................................................... 148

DS 28 .......................................................................................... 154

DS 29 .......................................................................................... 176

DS 30 .......................................................................................... 179

Bibliography ..................................................................................... 183

Index .............................................................................................. 191