03202nam 22005771a 450 99624793900331620181114015229.00-231-50275-32027/heb04227(CKB)1000000000396179(EBL)909537(OCoLC)828303726(SSID)ssj0000084396(PQKBManifestationID)11120343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084396(PQKBWorkID)10168368(PQKB)11531083(MiAaPQ)EBC909537(dli)HEB04227(MiU)MIU01000000000000005549343(EXLCZ)99100000000039617920000315h20002001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKuan-yin the Chinese transformation of Avalokiteśvara /Chün-fang YüNew York Columbia University Press2000, c20011 online resource (657 p.)IASWR seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-12028-1 0-231-12029-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Maps; 2 Scriptural Sources for the Cult of Kuan-yin; 3 Indigenous Chinese Scriptures and the Cult of Kuan-yin; 4 Miracle Tales and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 5 Divine Monks and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 6 Indigenous Iconographies and the Domestication of Kuan-yin; 7 The Ritual of Great Compassion Repentance and the Domestication of the Thousand-handed and Thousand-eyed Kuan-yin in the Sung8 Princess Miao-shan and the Feminization of Kuan-yin9 P'u-t'o Shan: Pilgrimage and the Creation of the Chinese Potalaka; 10 Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China; 11 Venerable Mother: Kuan-yin and Sectarian Religions in Late Imperial China; 12 Conclusion; Appendix A Stele Text of the "Life of the Great Compassionate One"; Appendix B Chinese Women Pilgrims' Songs Glorifying Kuan-yin; Notes; Bibliography; Index and GlossaryBy far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she-Kuan-yin, the ""Goddess of Mercy""-and has a very different history. The causes and processes of this metamorphosis have perplexed BuddhisChinese transformation of AvalokiteśvaraBuddhismBuddhism.294.3/4211294.34211Yü Chün-fang1938-654709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996247939003316Kuan-yin1278264UNISA