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Kuan-yin : the Chinese transformation of Avalokitesvara Paperback - 2000
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- Title Kuan-yin : the Chinese transformation of Avalokitesvara
- Author Y
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st US - 1st Pri
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 688
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York, NY
- Date 2000-09-15
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG023112029X
- ISBN 9780231120296
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
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In this groundbreaking study, Chun-fang Yu discusses this dramatic transformation of the (male) Indian bodhisattva Avalokitesvara into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin -- from a relatively minor figure in the Buddha's retinue to a universal savior and one of the most popular deities in Chinese religion.
Focusing on the various media through which the feminine Kuan-yin became constructed and domesticated in China, Yu thoroughly examines Buddhist scriptures, miracle stories, pilgrimages, popular literature, and monastic and local gazetteers -- as well as the changing iconography reflected in Kuan-yin's images and artistic representations -- to determine the role these materials played in this amazing transformation. The book eloquently depicts the domestication of Kuan-yin as a case study of the indigenization of Buddhism in China and illuminates the ways this beloved deity has affected the lives of all Chinese people down the ages.