The life of Wenhai Fuju, or how the emperors upheld the 'school awareness' of Buddhist monks in 18th-century China Universiteit Gent
This paper revisits the concept of “school awareness”, which in previous scholarship was mostly regarded as a result of the penetration of Chinese patriarchal patterns into the Buddhist community against the background of loosened state control during the late Ming Period. Particular attention is directed to the fact that such a viewpoint concerning the Buddhist community existed up to as late as the 18th century. One of the primary examples of ...