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  1. Maitreya-samiti, das Zukunftsideal der Buddhisten
    Die nordarische Schilderung in Text und Übersetzung nebst sieben andern Schilderungen in Text oder Übersetzung. Mit einer Begründung der indogermanischen Metrik. Von Ernst Leumann
    Published: 1919
    Publisher:  Karl J. Trübner, Strassburg

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: Sanskrit; Khotanese; Chinese; Pali; German
    Media type: Book
    Subjects: Boeddhisme; Maitreya; Buddhism; Chinese literature; Khotanes language; Khotanes literature; Prophecies; Sanskrit language
  2. Re-examining The "Zhengming Jing"
    The Social and Political Life of an Apocryphal Maitreya Scripture
    Author: Hughes, April D.
    Published: [2017]

    This article investigates the Zhengming jing 證明經 (T. no. 2879) and its diverse functions, using the text as a case study for placing apocryphal scriptures in their social and political contexts. Examining the material properties of the manuscripts,... more

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    This article investigates the Zhengming jing 證明經 (T. no. 2879) and its diverse functions, using the text as a case study for placing apocryphal scriptures in their social and political contexts. Examining the material properties of the manuscripts, as well as the various interests that the text served, the article argues that at least some practitioners understood the Zhengming jing as a typical Buddhist scripture. Moreover, comparison of the text with the canonical Maitreya scriptures shows that the author(s) of the Zhengming jing consciously blurred the lines between kingship and Buddhahood. This modification was particularly significant because it provided the basis for an apocryphal interpolation that helped validate the reign of Emperor Wu Zetian 武則天. By placing the Zhengming jing in these various contexts, the article demonstrates that apocryphal texts could serve as important sources of social and political authority in medieval Chinese Buddhism.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Article (journal)
    Format: Online
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    Parent title: Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese religions; Baltimore, Md : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982; 45(2017), 1, Seite 1-18; Online-Ressource

    Subjects: apocrypha; Dunhuang; indigenous scriptures; Maitreya; Wu Zetian