Cuilan Liu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3768611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cuilan Liu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cuilan |
| FAMILY NAME | Liu |
| SIGNATURE | LIU C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5088-9627 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Sound of Vulture's Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön
Buddhism in Court: Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China
What happens to Buddhist monks and nuns who commit crimes? Buddhism in Court is the first book to uncover a long-overlooked Buddhist campaign for clerical legal privileges that aimed to exempt monks and nuns from being tried and punished in the courtroom. It unveils this campaign’s origins in Indian Buddhism and shows how Chinese Buddhists’ engagement with it reshaped Buddhism’s place in the jurisdictional landscape of China from the fourth centu…
Buddhist Litigants in Public Court: A Case Study of Legal Practices in Tibetan-ruled Dunhuang (786-848)
This article examines a legal dispute over the ownership of nine bondservants between a Buddhist monastery and two monks and a nun, focusing on the legal apparatus and practices in Dunhuang when it was under Tibetan control (786- 848). During the Tang, eminent monks of the Buddhist clergy petitioned for exemptions from public courts in order to restrict trials of ordained Buddhists at alternative venues. Such petitions were declined, granted, or …
Legally Buddhist: Monks, nuns, and legal texts in Dunhuang
Manuscripts found in the Dunhuang cave 17 inform us that ordained Buddhist monks and nuns in Dunhuang had been actively engaged in legal practices in this region as plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses, mediators, and representatives in the trial of various disputes. This article examines the colophons on Chinese manuscripts of Buddhist monastic law (Vinaya) to explore the ways in which ordained Buddhists had contributed to production and preservati…
The Fall of a Chinese Buddhist Monk: Law and State Governance of Buddhism in Post-Imperial China
In August 2018, revelations of the sexual, financial, and administrative misconduct of a high-profile Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuecheng 學誠 were in the spotlight of domestic and international attention. The validity of the allegations and their social and religious impact have been widely debated, and this article focuses on the legal procedures used in handling the allegations and traces their source back to the Republican era (1911–1949). The…
Buddhism in Court: Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy in Indian Buddhism
Reciting, Chanting, and Singing: The Codification of Vocal Music in Buddhist Canon Law
Reciting, Chanting, and Singing: The Codification of Vocal Music in Buddhist Canon Law
Legally Buddhist: Monks, nuns, and legal texts in Dunhuang
Manuscripts found in the Dunhuang cave 17 inform us that ordained Buddhist monks and nuns in Dunhuang had been actively engaged in legal practices in this region as plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses, mediators, and representatives in the trial of various disputes. This article examines the colophons on Chinese manuscripts of Buddhist monastic law (Vinaya) to explore the ways in which ordained Buddhists had contributed to production and preservati…
The Fall of a Chinese Buddhist Monk: Law and State Governance of Buddhism in Post-Imperial China
In August 2018, revelations of the sexual, financial, and administrative misconduct of a high-profile Chinese Buddhist monk named Xuecheng 學誠 were in the spotlight of domestic and international attention. The validity of the allegations and their social and religious impact have been widely debated, and this article focuses on the legal procedures used in handling the allegations and traces their source back to the Republican era (1911–1949). The…
Buddhism in Court: Clerical Privileges and the Jurisdiction of the Buddhist Clergy in Indian Buddhism
Buddhist Litigants in Public Court: A Case Study of Legal Practices in Tibetan-ruled Dunhuang (786-848)
This article examines a legal dispute over the ownership of nine bondservants between a Buddhist monastery and two monks and a nun, focusing on the legal apparatus and practices in Dunhuang when it was under Tibetan control (786- 848). During the Tang, eminent monks of the Buddhist clergy petitioned for exemptions from public courts in order to restrict trials of ordained Buddhists at alternative venues. Such petitions were declined, granted, or …
Buddhism in Court: Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China
What happens to Buddhist monks and nuns who commit crimes? Buddhism in Court is the first book to uncover a long-overlooked Buddhist campaign for clerical legal privileges that aimed to exempt monks and nuns from being tried and punished in the courtroom. It unveils this campaign’s origins in Indian Buddhism and shows how Chinese Buddhists’ engagement with it reshaped Buddhism’s place in the jurisdictional landscape of China from the fourth centu…
The Sound of Vulture's Wings: The Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Ritual Practice of the Female Buddha Machik Labdrön
Buddhism (7 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)