LEADER 03202nam 22005771a 450 001 996247939003316 005 20181114015229.0 010 $a0-231-50275-3 024 7 $a2027/heb04227 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396179 035 $a(EBL)909537 035 $a(OCoLC)828303726 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084396 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11120343 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084396 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10168368 035 $a(PQKB)11531083 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909537 035 $a(dli)HEB04227 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000005549343 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396179 100 $a20000315h20002001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKuan-yin $ethe Chinese transformation of Avalokites?vara /$fChu?n-fang Yu? 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2000, c2001 215 $a1 online resource (657 p.) 225 0$aIASWR series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12028-1 311 $a0-231-12029-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Sung 327 $a8 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 Glossary 330 $aBy 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 Buddhis 517 3 $aChinese transformation of Avalokites?vara 606 $aBuddhism 615 0$aBuddhism. 676 $a294.3/4211 676 $a294.34211 700 $aYu?$b Chu?n-fang$f1938-$0654709 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247939003316 996 $aKuan-yin$91278264 997 $aUNISA