Feminized While Domesticated
How Yü Chun-Fang Avoids Feminist Interpretive Biases in Her Study of Avalokiteśvara
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20249665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiaoyi Liu (0009-0008-0522-2899, Shandong University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1469 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel16111469 |
| OpenAlex | W4416392648 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Bodhisattva Guanyin, or Avalokiteśvara, has undergone a series of transformations and has become one of the most widely worshiped bodhisattvas in the history of Chinese Buddhism. Yü Chun-fang’s work, Kuan-Yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteśvara, with a Chinese version out in 2012, has meticulously documented this process. This article reviews Yü’s seminal methodology, which has been adopted in her study of the imported deity’s feminization and domestication course, and analyses how she avoids the feminist interpretive biases that are common to the present-day Buddhology
Feminism · Chinese history and philosophy · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |