Dunhuang Manuscript Liturgies and Their Models
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22191599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chunwen Hao (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 58-91 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2576-2923 • E-ISSN: 2576-2931 |
| Publisher | Cambria Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15239/hijbs.05.02.02 |
| OpenAlex | W4379410568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article gives an overview of recent thinking on the typology and structure of the liturgical texts found among the Dunhuang manuscripts.The author proposes dividing the thousands of liturgical texts found at Dunhuang into two main categories: liturgical protocols (zhaiyi 齋儀) and liturgies (zhaiwen 齋文).Liturgical protocols (sometimes called 'written protocols' [shuyi 書儀]) were used as references for drafting liturgies.Liturgies, written up on the basis of these liturgical protocols, were functional documents that were read aloud at all kinds of ritual gatherings.We can also divide the structure of the liturgies into five parts: the 'opening' (haotou 號 頭), 'exaltation of virtues' (tande 歎德), 'liturgical purpose' (zhaiyi 齋意), 'ritual area' (daochang 道場), and 'adornment' (zhuangyan 莊 嚴).This structure is roughly applicable to liturgical protocols and liturgies with all manners of content, including hymns of praise, apotropaic rituals, healing rites, and mourning rites, though there are of course many variations in the specific arrangement and sequence of the parts.This article also touches on the commonly used term 'prayer texts' (yuanwen 願文).It is suggested that this is a specific kind of liturgical text and that the term cannot be used as a blanket reference to the broader category of 'liturgical text'
Art · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |