Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak (Nanyue 南嶽) in Medieval China (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by James Robson (PDF)

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Throughout Chinese history mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. They have been considered divine or numinous sites, the abodes of deities, the preferred locations for temples and monasteries, and destinations for pilgrims. Early in Chinese history a set of five mountains were co-opted into the imperial cult and declared sacred peaks, yue, demarcating and protecting the boundaries of the Chinese imperium.The Southern Sacred Peak, or Nanyue, is of interest to scholars not the least because the title has been awarded to several different mountains over the years. The dynamic nature of Nanyue raises a significant theoretical issue of the mobility of sacred space and the nature of the struggles involved in such moves. Another facet of Nanyue is the multiple meanings assigned to this place: political, religious, and cultural. Of particular interest is the negotiation of this space by Daoists and Buddhists. The history of their interaction leads to questions about the nature of the divisions between these two religious traditions. James Robson’s analysis of these topics demonstrates the value of local studies and the emerging field of Buddho–Daoist studies in research on Chinese religion.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “This volume breaks new ground in the ever-growing body of scholarship on important mountains in China, and thus deserves the close attention of anyone interested in Chinese culture in general and Chinese religious history in particular.”―J. M. Hargett, Choice About the Author James Robson is Associate Professor of Chinese Religion at Harvard University.

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⭐Dr. Robson, you have enlightened many on the amazing aspects of Buddhism and Asian studies. Another wonderful book…thank you!

⭐This work, clear and precise, is important for at least two reasons. On the one hand, it demonstrates the interest of so-called “Buddho-Daoist Studies” which revolve around the complex interactions between these two traditions. It would be actually pointless to address these two issues separately in a diachronic approach. On the other hand, this book reveals the relevance of regional studies (here on the Hengshan) for drawing the history of thought in a more concrete way than simply normative framework does. Anyone wishing to learn about the history of religions in medieval China must read this book.

⭐Ce travail, clair et précis, s’avère important pour au moins deux raisons. D’une part, il démontre l’intérêt des études dites “bouddho-taoïques” (Buddho-Daoist Studies), lesquelles s’articulent autour des interactions complexes entre ces deux traditions. Il serait vain, en effet, de les traiter séparément dans une approche diachronique. D’autre part, cet ouvrage révèle la pertinence des recherches régionales (ici sur le Hengshan) qui permettent de mieux donner chair à l’histoire de la pensée en dépassant le cadre simplement normatif, souvent bien trop théorique. Un incontournable pour toute personne désireuse de mieux connaître l’histoire des religions dans la Chine médiévale.

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