陈怀宇—The Revival of Buddhist Monasticism in Medieval China

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1、THEREVIVALOFBUDDHISTMONASTICISMINMEDIEVALCHINAHUAIYUCHENADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEFACULTYOFPRINCETONUNIVERSITYINCANDIDACYFORTHEDEGREEOFDOCTOROFPHILOSOPHYRECOMMENDATEDFORACCEPTANCEBYTHEDEPARTMENTOFRELIGIONAPRIL,2005UMINumber:3156036Copyright2005byChen,Huaiy

2、uAllrightsreserved.UMIMicroform3156036Copyright2005byProQuestInformationandLearningCompany.Allrightsreserved.ThismicroformeditionisprotectedagainstunauthorizedcopyingunderTitle17,UnitedStatesCode.ProQuestInformationandLearningCompany300NorthZeebRoadP.O.Box1

3、346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346©CopyrightbyHuaiyuChen,2005.Allrightsreserved.iiABSTRACTHavingrecoveredfrompoliticalpersecutionandresolvedproblemswithinthesangha,BuddhismreachedasummitinitsdevelopmentduringSuiandEarlyTangChina(581-755).Daoxuan(596-667)playedanunpar

4、alleledroleinshapingthedirectionofBuddhisthistoryduringthemedievalperiodthroughbothhisrichwritingsandhisinnovationsofmonasticritualsandregulations.Thisdissertationfocusesonseveralkeyissuesinhiswork,includingthevenerationofBuddha-relicsanditsrelationshiptoth

5、ereconstructionandrenovationofBuddhistmonasteriesasauthoritativestructuresandasgroundforthemonasticcommunity,therecreationoftheordinationplatformandordinationritual,andthewayinwhichtheBuddhistcommunityreclassifiedanddealtwithmonasticproperty.First,itdiscuss

6、esthehistoricalbackgroundofChineseBuddhismfromthefifthtotheseventhcenturies.Thisstudythenarguesthat,inreinterpretingtheimageofsouthernBuddhismasaculturaltradition,DaoxuansoughtanewmodelfortheChineseBuddhisttraditionasawhole.Morespecifically,thisstudyarguest

7、hattheritualofveneratingrelicsasacommemorativeceremonyfunctionedtoexpandthereligiouspowerofBuddhisminChinesesocietyandenhancethebondswithinthemonasticcommunity.ThisstudyalsointerpretsthecreationoftheordinationplatformasacrucialelementintherestorationoftheCh

8、inesemonasticorder.Inaddition,thisstudysuggeststhatDaoxuandevelopedhisnewrulestocreateaninnovativemodelfortheBuddhistcommunityasagroundforindividualmonks’spiritualprogress.Hedidthisinpartbyreclassifyin