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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Ritual Topography; 2 Buddhist Obeisance; 3 The 662 Debate; 4 The Editor's Conclusion; 5 Christian Objections; 6 Theories of Obeisance; 7 Disobeisance Today; Appendix: Further Information on the Debate Participants; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
The most common Buddhist practice in Asia is bowing, yet Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow Problem is the first study of Buddhist obeisance in China. In Confucian ritual, everyone is supposed to kowtow, or bow, to the Chinese emperor. But Buddhists claimed exemption from bowing to any layperson, even to their own parents or the emperor. This tension erupted in an imperial debate in 662. This study first asks how and why Buddhists should bow (to the Buddha, and to monks), and then explores the arguments over their refusing to bow to the emperor. These arguments take us into the c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buddhism.
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Buddhism. |
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China -- Social life and customs.
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China. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Christianity.
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Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reinders, Eric. Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow Problem in China. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781474227285 |
| ISBN |
9781474227292 (electronic book) |
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1474227295 (electronic book) |
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9781474227308 |
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1474227309 |
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9781474227285 |
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