Building a Sacred Mountain: The Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai

Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Chronology of Chinese Dynasties xi introduction Early Buddhist Monastic Architecture in Context 1 one Building the Monastery, Locating the Sacred Presence 19 two Entering the Mountains, Localizing the Sacred Presence 51 three The Sacred Presence in Place and in Vision 89 four Mediating the Distance to Mount Wutai 111 five Reconfiguring the Center 131 six Narrative, Visualization, and Transposition of Mount Wutai 155 conclusion Revisiting Foguang Monastery 195 appendix 1 The Creation Legend of the True-Presence Icon of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī at Huayan Monastery 203 appendix 2 Transcription and Translation of the Inscription on the Dongzhang Stone Lantern 207 appendix 3 Transcriptions of Key Passages from Chinese Texts Used in This Study 211 Conventions and Abbreviations 213 Notes 215 Glossary 261 Bibliography 275 List of Illustrations 309 Index 313 Color plates follow page 50 ...