Sima Guang 司馬光 and Ennin 圓仁 on reports of imperial cannibalism: A correction
Recent scholarship on the ritual and religious killing of human beings in medieval China is reviewed here in the light of new textual evidence. The sources recommending human sacrifice in military contexts are noted, and the role of deliberate slander of Daoists by Buddhists in cases of supposed imp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2015
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 203-208 |
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Ennin 794-864
/ Sima, Guang 1019-1086
/ China
/ Human sacrifice
/ Cannibalism
/ Religious conflict
/ Buddhism
/ Taoism
/ History 550-850
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Buddhism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics TF Early Middle Ages |
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Tang Wuzong
B Human Sacrifice B Buddho-Daoist polemics B Ennin B Cannibalism B Sima Guang |
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| Summary: | Recent scholarship on the ritual and religious killing of human beings in medieval China is reviewed here in the light of new textual evidence. The sources recommending human sacrifice in military contexts are noted, and the role of deliberate slander of Daoists by Buddhists in cases of supposed imperial cannibalism is further explored. |
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| ISSN: | 2372-9996 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Chinese Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23729988.2015.1090103 |