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The scripture on the ten kings and the making of purgatory in medieval Chinese Buddhism / Stephen F. Teiser.

By: Language: engchi Original language: Chinese Series: Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 9.Publication details: Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaii Press, c1994.Description: xxiii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0824815874
  • 9780824815875
Uniform titles:
  • Shih wang ching. English.
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Scripture on the ten kings and the making of purgatory in medieval Chinese Buddhism.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/423 20
LOC classification:
  • BQ4485 .T45 1994
Contents:
App. 10. Manuscript Copies of The Scripture on the Ten Kings -- App. 11. A Chronology of the Life of Chai Feng-ta -- App. 12. Texts Copied by a Man in His Eighties -- App. 13. Texts and Inscriptions Mentioning Tao-chen -- App. 14. The Bodhisattvas in The Scripture on the Ten Kings.
Summary: Between the seventh and ninth centuries, the Chinese mind became preoccupied with a concept of the afterlife that persists into modern times. To be reborn, the deceased must successfully negotiate passage through ten courts of law, each ruled by a magistrate or king. The pains of transition from death to rebirth can be alleviated by the intercession of the living with contributions to the Buddhist church and bribes of spirit money.Summary: The cosmology, morality, and rituals of the ten kings are described for the first time in surviving sources in an illustrated text, The Scripture on the Ten Kings, which is here translated for the first time.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks BQ4485 .T45 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Glossary and bibliography in English and Chinese. TBC00001247

Glossary and bibliography in English and Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

App. 10. Manuscript Copies of The Scripture on the Ten Kings -- App. 11. A Chronology of the Life of Chai Feng-ta -- App. 12. Texts Copied by a Man in His Eighties -- App. 13. Texts and Inscriptions Mentioning Tao-chen -- App. 14. The Bodhisattvas in The Scripture on the Ten Kings.

Between the seventh and ninth centuries, the Chinese mind became preoccupied with a concept of the afterlife that persists into modern times. To be reborn, the deceased must successfully negotiate passage through ten courts of law, each ruled by a magistrate or king. The pains of transition from death to rebirth can be alleviated by the intercession of the living with contributions to the Buddhist church and bribes of spirit money.

The cosmology, morality, and rituals of the ten kings are described for the first time in surviving sources in an illustrated text, The Scripture on the Ten Kings, which is here translated for the first time.

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