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03241aam a2200373 i 4500 001 450A71500CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220628s2023 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022022632 020 $a 023120261X 020 $a 9780231202619 020 $a 0231202601 020 $a 9780231202602 035 $a (OCoLC)1334717227 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BQ4570.A53 $b C44 2023 082 00 $a 294.3/5693 $2 23/eng/20220709 100 1 $a Chen, Huaiyu, $d 1974- $e author. 245 10 $a In the land of tigers and snakes : $b living with animals in medieval Chinese religions / $c Huaiyu Chen. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c 2023. 300 $a x, 271 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. Buddhist Categorizing Animals: Medieval Chinese Classification -- 2. Confucian Civilizing Unruly Beasts: Tigers and Pheasants -- 3. Buddhist Taming Feline: The Companionship of the Tiger -- 4. Daoist Transforming Ferocious Tiger: From Durga to Alliance -- 5. Buddhist Killing Reptiles: Snakes in Religious Competition -- 6. Buddhist Enlightening Virtuous Bird: The Parrot as a Religious Agent -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 $a "Animals played crucial roles in Buddhism from its earliest days. When Buddhism spread into China, however, many of the animals that featured in early Buddhist narratives did not exist in the natural environment of China. The way that medieval Chinese Buddhist writers interpreted and modified (and occasionally replaced) the religious and cultural implications of these animals provides a fascinating lens for examining various dimensions of cultural, political, and religious life. Stories about parrots, tigers, snakes, and many other animals possessing or embodying spiritual qualities, both positive and negative, appear frequently in the Chinese literature of the time. Many of these portrayals, even those from decidedly nonreligious texts, are based on Buddhist understandings of what animals are and how they should be treated. In In the Land of Tigers and Snakes, Huaiyu Chen delves into how animals were used as symbols and as cultural capital as a way to better understand how Buddhism was adopted in medieval China and adapted to become Chinese Buddhism. In examining how Buddhist depictions of the natural world and native Chinese taxonomies of animals mutually enriched each other, he offers a new perspective for understanding how Buddhism as a religious culture took root in Chinese society"-- $c Provided by publisher 650 0 $a Animals $x Buddhism. $x Buddhism. 650 7 $a Animals $x Buddhism. $x Buddhism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00809527 776 08 $i Online version: $a Chen, Huaiyu, 1974- $t In the land of tigers and snakes. $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 $z 9780231554640 $w (DLC) 2022022633 830 0 $a Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117030432.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=450A71500CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search