Buddhism in the re-ordering of an early modern world
Chinese missions to Cochinchina in the seventeenth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12876375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Wheeler (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 303-324 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022807002306 |
| OpenAlex | W2146254544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 30 |
In the seventeenth century, Chan Buddhist masters from monasteries in South China boarded merchant ships to Chinese merchant colonies in East and Southeast Asian port cities to establish or maintain monasteries. Typically, Chinese seafarers and merchants sponsored their travel, and sovereigns and elites abroad offered their patronage. What were these monks and their patrons seeking? This study will investigate the question through the case of one Chan master, Shilian Dashan, who journeyed to the Vietnamese kingdom of Cochinchina (Dang Trong) in 1695 and 1696. In Dashan, we see a form of Buddhism thought to have vanished with the Silk Road: that is, Buddhism as a ‘missionary religion’ able to propagate branch temples through long-distance networks of merchant colonies, and to form monastic communities within the host societies that welcomed them. This evident agency of seafaring Chan monks in early modern times suggests that Buddhism’s role in commerce, diaspora, and state formation in early modern maritime Asia may compare to religions like Islam and Christianity, and deserves further study
Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · China · Christianity · Diaspora · Geography · Islam · Peninsula · Social science · Sociology · State religion · Vietnamese · Chinese history and philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
The Hanoi Reprint of the Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain (1772) and the Printing of Buddhist Works in Northern Vietnam at the End of the Eighteenth Century
Anagarika Dharmapala’s Meditation
Unearthly Powers
The Spiritual Empire of the Society of Jesus
Interests, Institutions, and Identity
Chan, Garden, and Poetry
A new account of the East Indies …
The Development of Indigenous Trade and Markets in West Africa
The Deshima Diaries
World Conqueror and World Renouncer
Buddhism and Society
Development and Decline of Fukien Province in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Southeast Asia in the Early Modern Era
State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan
Zen Buddhism during the Tokugawa period
Ancient India and Ancient China
Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture
Coordination, Commitment, and Enforcement
The Graves of TarimGenealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean
Merchant Networks in the Early Modern World, 1450–1800
Five Mountains
Regionalism and the Nature of Nguyen Rule in Seventeenth-Century Dang Trong (Cochinchina)
The Maritime Frontier of Burma
The Rise of Merchant Empires
Sojourners and Settlers
World Conqueror and World Renouncer
Nguyen Cochinchina
The Graves of Tarim
Merchants
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |