Mengyuan Chai
Biographic Data
| ID | 1179490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mengyuan Chai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mengyuan |
| FAMILY NAME | Chai |
| SIGNATURE | CHAI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7893-1847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The wheel and the first sermon
The British Museum possesses one of the most significant collections of sculptures from Amaravati, India, in the world. By discussing four objects in its collection, this brief essay explores the relationship between the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and aniconic representation. It scrutinises the iconography of the Buddha's first sermon through the emblem of the wheel (chakra, or cakra) and critically discusses the representation of the…
Idealizing a Daoist Grotto-Heaven
The region of the Luofu Mountains in Guangdong, China, has long been a Daoist sacred place for centuries. In the Daoist sacred geographic system "Dongtian Fudi" (Grotto-Heavens and Blissful Lands), the Luofu Mountains are ranked as the seventh "Major Grotto-Heaven", standing as an influential site for the practice Daoist immortals. Due to a sense of local pride and responsibility, the Guangdong literatus Han Huang (active approx. 1600-1639) compi…
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Idealizing a Daoist Grotto-Heaven
The region of the Luofu Mountains in Guangdong, China, has long been a Daoist sacred place for centuries. In the Daoist sacred geographic system "Dongtian Fudi" (Grotto-Heavens and Blissful Lands), the Luofu Mountains are ranked as the seventh "Major Grotto-Heaven", standing as an influential site for the practice Daoist immortals. Due to a sense of local pride and responsibility, the Guangdong literatus Han Huang (active approx. 1600-1639) compi…
The wheel and the first sermon
The British Museum possesses one of the most significant collections of sculptures from Amaravati, India, in the world. By discussing four objects in its collection, this brief essay explores the relationship between the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and aniconic representation. It scrutinises the iconography of the Buddha's first sermon through the emblem of the wheel (chakra, or cakra) and critically discusses the representation of the…
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