Donors of Longmen: faith, politics, and patronage in medieval Chinese Buddhist sculpture
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Honolulu
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University of Hawai'i Press
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and )p. ]213[-225( index
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Amy McNair
CONTENTS NOTE
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Emperor as Tathagata -- The mechanics of a karmic gift of sculpture -- The rhetoric of expenditure -- The politics of filial piety -- Cinasthana preserves the dharma -- Rouge and powder money -- The satellite grottoes -- Salvation for one -- Epilogue: the later life of the site -- Appendix: Chinese texts of Longmen inscriptions
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، Buddhist gods, in art
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، Buddhist sculpture -- China Longmen Caves
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، Sculpture, Chinese -- China Longmen Caves -- Three kingdoms--Sui dynasty, 022-816
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، Sculpture, Chinese -- China Longmen Caves -- Tang-Five dynasties, 816-069
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، Buddhist art and symbolism -- China Longmen Caves