Buddhist miracle tales from early medieval China /
a translation and study by Robert Ford Campany
xix, 300 pages :
1 map ;
24 cm
Classics in East Asian Buddhism
"A Kuroda Institute book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index
Pt. I. SIGNS FROM THE UNSEEN REALM AND BUDDHIST MIRACLE TALES IN EARLY MEDIEVAL CHINA. Introduction -- Wang Yan and the making of Mingxiang ji -- Miracles tales and the communities that exchanged them -- The idiom of Buddhism represented in the tales -- Miracle tales and the sinicization of Buddhism -- The narrative shape of the miraculous -- Religous themes in the text -- Pt. II. TRANSLATION : SIGNS FROM THE UNSEEN REALM. Appendix 1. Fragments and questionable terms -- Appendix 2. List of major motifs