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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 尹翠琪教授 (艺术系) |
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| 数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685292-02001009 |
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摘要For over a thousand years, frontispieces for religious scriptures produced in China were based on two basic compositions: the diagonal composition and the symmetrical composition. The two compositions enjoyed persistent currency by offering great flexibility for religious sects to fill in the compositions with their own patron gods and saints. Meanwhile they served different functions: while the diagonal composition illustrates the narrative of the scripture, the symmetrical composition focuses on the main deity and its pantheon, and engages viewer-worshippers in the assembly depicted. Daoism appropriated the two basic compositions and developed its own tradition of scripture frontispieces. This essay analyzes frontispieces for the Scripture of the Jade Emperor as a case study. By portraying deities of different natures in the frontispieces, Daoists specified the means whereby the main deity bestowed divine assistance upon the commissioners of the scripture, and distinguished Daoist scripture frontispieces from their Buddhist counterparts by placing extra emphasis on the frontispieces' efficacy.
着者Wan MCK
期刊名称Religion and the Arts
出版年份2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/016
卷号2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0
期次1-2
出版社BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
页次197 - 23http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0
国际标準期刊号1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/079-9265
语言英式英语
关键词Buddhism; Daoism; frontispiece; Jade Emperor; scripture
Web of Science 学科类别Religion
