Protecting the Dharma through Calligraphy in Tang China : A Study of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu ????? The Preface to the Buddhist Scriptures Engraved on (Paperback)

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE Buddhism and Calligraphy in Medieval China CHAPTER TWO Wang Xizhi’s Calligraphy and the Semi-cursive Script (Xingshu 行書) CHAPTER THREE The Ji Wang shengjiao xu and Its Texts CHAPTER FOUR The Context of the Erection of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu CHAPTER FIVE A History of the Location of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu CHAPTER SIX The Collation of Wang Xizhi’s Characters for the Ji Wang shengjiao xu CHAPTER SEVEN The Carving of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu CHAPTER EIGHT The Shape and the Calligraphy of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu CONCLUSION APPENDICES Appendix I: Transcription and Translation of the Ji Wang shengjiao xu Appendix II: A Survey of Collated Inscriptions in Wang Xizhi’s Characters TABLES FACSIMILE Complete Reproduction of Mitsui Ji Wang 1 (Folios 1-36) BIBLIOGRAPHY, GLOSSARY, AND INDEX Bibliography Glossary of Calligraphic Terms General Index