List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Buddhists Categorizing Animals: Medieval Chinese Classification
2. Confucians Civilizing Unruly Beasts: Tigers and Pheasants
3. Buddhists Taming Felines: The Companionship of the Tiger
4. Daoists Transforming Ferocious Tigers: Practical Techniques and Rhetorical Strategies
5. Buddhists Killing Reptiles: Snakes in Religious Competition
6. Buddhists Enlightening Virtuous Birds: The Parrot as a Religious Agent
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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In the Land of Tigers and Snakes von Huaiyu Chen - mit der ISBN: 9780231554640
iconography; animals; environmental studies; visual studies; medieval Chinese religion; tigers; parrots; Daoism; Buddhism; RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings; snakes; Confucianism; HISTORY / Asia / China; animal studies; medieval Chinese culture; religious studies, Online-Buchhandlung
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