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Document Details : Title: Regional Buddhism and Restoration Policy in Tang-Dynasty China Subtitle: Wei Gao (745-805) and his Buddhist Activities in Xichuan Author(s): SOKOLOVA, Anna Journal: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies Volume: 46 Date: 2023 Pages: 361-400 DOI: 10.2143/JIABS.46.0.3293166 Abstract : This article investigates the Buddhist projects that Wei Gao (745-805), Military Governor of Xichuan Circuit (central part of present-day Sichuan Province), undertook in the region’s capital, Chengdu, with a primary focus on three major enterprises that he launched in the final four years of his life: the renovation of a Buddhist statue; the dissemination of a vinaya commentary; and the establishment of a Buddhist monastery. These projects are explored in the local religious context of mid- to late Tang Xichuan as well as the broader political context of the imperial regime. In particular, the paper explores Wei Gao’s Buddhist enterprises against the political background of Emperor Dezong’s (r. 779-805) efforts to reassert imperial authority and strengthen court-region relations following the collapse of Tang power in the mid-eighth century. |
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