1st Edition
The "Zhenzheng lun" by Xuanyi A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword HELWIG SCHMIDT-GLINTZER
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
I. Buddhism and Political Ideology under Wu Zetian
II. Aspects of Daoist Thought Refuted in the Zhenzheng lun
III. The Zhenzheng lun and its Place in Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Thought
IV. Falin, Xuanyi, and the Zhenzheng lun: A Contextualization
V. A Comparative Perspective
Preliminary Remarks
Translation (DS 1-30)
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Thomas Jülch is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium.
" It is an informative text that provides a window into the political and religious arguments and movements of its time"
- Thomas Zulch, Reading Religion
