Weirong Shen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5670684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weirong Shen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weirong |
| FAMILY NAME | Shen |
| SIGNATURE | SHEN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tsinghua University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On the integration of Chinese, Tibetan, exoteric and esoteric Buddhism in the Tangut Kingdom
This article analyzes four Tibetan Buddhist texts or groups of texts written in Chinese from the Tangut period (1038–1227), in order to demonstrate the distinctive character of Tangut Buddhism as a blend of Sino-Tibetan and exoteric–esoteric Buddhist traditions. The four (groups of) texts are: (1) The texts related to the Mahāmudrā teachings in the Dacheng yaodao miji 大乘要道密集 [The Secret Collection of Works on the Essential Path of Mahāyāna]; And …
Sino-Tibetan Buddhism across the Ages
This book introduces the reader to different cases of cultural intersections between Tibet and China in the field of Buddhism. The ten chapters provide a series of insights into Sino-Tibetan exchanges within religious practices and doctrines, material culture and iconography. Spanning from pre-modern encounters in Central Asia to contemporary forms of Sino-Tibetan hybridity in Chinese-speaking environments, Sino-Tibetan Buddhism Across the Ages p…
Tibetan Buddhism In Mongol-Yuan China (1206–1368)
During the Mongol-Yuan period (1271-1368) Tibetan tantric Buddhism was widespread among the Mongols, and also among the Chinese. The protective deity Mahākāla was adopted as the country’s tutelary deity by the Mongols, along with various healing and protective cults. In recent years, the discovery of a large number of Tibetan tantric Buddhist texts in Chinese translation among the Khara Khoto texts, which are preserved in St. Petersburg, Russia, …
Accommodating Barbarians From Afar”
The Ming was a Han dominated dynasty established after the overthrow of the Mongol Yuan, a foreign conquest dynasty. After putting an end to the century of so-called “upsetting hat and shoes” rule of the “barbarians”, the Ming court often boasted of “emulating the way of the past sage kings” and took as its responsibility to recover and to reestablish the world order of a Chinese dynasty. Although the Ming inherited many of the former Yuan dynast…
Studies on Chinese Texts of the Yogic Practices of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism found in Khara Khoto ofTangutXia [I]
Dans les cinquième et sixième fascicules des Manuscrits de Khara Khoto conservés en Russie, publiés récemment par une maison d'édition de livres anciens de Shanghai, j'ai par hasard découvert plusieurs textes chinois qui sont certainement des traductions de textes bouddhiques tantriques tibétains, principalement des textes sur les pratiques yogiques de l'existence intermédiaire (bardo). Ces textes sont Menghuan shen yaomen (Doctrines essentielles…
Accommodating Barbarians From Afar”
The Ming was a Han dominated dynasty established after the overthrow of the Mongol Yuan, a foreign conquest dynasty. After putting an end to the century of so-called “upsetting hat and shoes” rule of the “barbarians”, the Ming court often boasted of “emulating the way of the past sage kings” and took as its responsibility to recover and to reestablish the world order of a Chinese dynasty. Although the Ming inherited many of the former Yuan dynast…
Studies on Chinese Texts of the Yogic Practices of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism found in Khara Khoto ofTangutXia [I]
Dans les cinquième et sixième fascicules des Manuscrits de Khara Khoto conservés en Russie, publiés récemment par une maison d'édition de livres anciens de Shanghai, j'ai par hasard découvert plusieurs textes chinois qui sont certainement des traductions de textes bouddhiques tantriques tibétains, principalement des textes sur les pratiques yogiques de l'existence intermédiaire (bardo). Ces textes sont Menghuan shen yaomen (Doctrines essentielles…
Accommodating Barbarians From Afar”
The Ming was a Han dominated dynasty established after the overthrow of the Mongol Yuan, a foreign conquest dynasty. After putting an end to the century of so-called “upsetting hat and shoes” rule of the “barbarians”, the Ming court often boasted of “emulating the way of the past sage kings” and took as its responsibility to recover and to reestablish the world order of a Chinese dynasty. Although the Ming inherited many of the former Yuan dynast…
Tibetan Buddhism In Mongol-Yuan China (1206–1368)
During the Mongol-Yuan period (1271-1368) Tibetan tantric Buddhism was widespread among the Mongols, and also among the Chinese. The protective deity Mahākāla was adopted as the country’s tutelary deity by the Mongols, along with various healing and protective cults. In recent years, the discovery of a large number of Tibetan tantric Buddhist texts in Chinese translation among the Khara Khoto texts, which are preserved in St. Petersburg, Russia, …
Sino-Tibetan Buddhism across the Ages
This book introduces the reader to different cases of cultural intersections between Tibet and China in the field of Buddhism. The ten chapters provide a series of insights into Sino-Tibetan exchanges within religious practices and doctrines, material culture and iconography. Spanning from pre-modern encounters in Central Asia to contemporary forms of Sino-Tibetan hybridity in Chinese-speaking environments, Sino-Tibetan Buddhism Across the Ages p…
On the integration of Chinese, Tibetan, exoteric and esoteric Buddhism in the Tangut Kingdom
This article analyzes four Tibetan Buddhist texts or groups of texts written in Chinese from the Tangut period (1038–1227), in order to demonstrate the distinctive character of Tangut Buddhism as a blend of Sino-Tibetan and exoteric–esoteric Buddhist traditions. The four (groups of) texts are: (1) The texts related to the Mahāmudrā teachings in the Dacheng yaodao miji 大乘要道密集 [The Secret Collection of Works on the Essential Path of Mahāyāna]; And …
Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Buddhism (4 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (3 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works)