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| Monkey and Chinese Scriptural Tradition: A Rereading of the Novel "Xiyou ji" | ||
| 作者 | Shao, Ping (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.58 n.12 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1997 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 系所名稱 | Graduate School in Arts and Sciences (Chinese and Comparative Literature) |
| 指導教授 | Hegel, Robert E. |
| 畢業年度 | 1997 |
| 附註項 | 424p |
| 關鍵詞 | Asian Literature; Religious Education; Comparativ Literature; Ming's Buddhism; Taoism; Sixteenth Century |
| 摘要 | This study is a Taoist reading based on evidence inherent in the text of Xiyou ji, a sixteenth-century Chinese novel that has been regarded consistently since its publication as a religious treatise. That Monkey is treated as a religious practitioner, a human who assumes simian qualities for symbolic purposes rather than an ape that somehow becomes religious constitutes the most important departure of this endeavor from the critical consensus of today. The main argument is that Monkey embodies a unified Taoist vision; what he receives from Subhuti, but only Tripitaka is able to fully practice, is a Taoist theory that has incorporated the Chan conception of instantaneous enlightenment. This syncretic religion is also manifest in the issue of male chastity which this study treats in great detail. There is evidence to suggest that Subhuti's transmission coheres consistently with the two-stage theory expounded by Zhang Boduan, an eleventh-century Taoist reformer. Based on this unified religion, the study further argues that Monkey is the only character in the novel. It proposes, for the first time in Xiyou ji criticism, that Monkey becomes Tripitaka following his reincarnation, and that the other characters are merely the manifestations of Tripitaka's physical and spiritual qualities. That Monkey undergoes reincarnation is also the basis of a new demonology which this study proposes. In chapter 2, this study explores the intertextual implications of the Chinese brush motif in the context of the theories expounded by critics such as T. S. Eliot. The point that emerges is meant as a solution to the confusion with regard to the author. It is a major theme in Xiyou ji criticism that he knew little about religion, for the Buddhism as we find it in his work got all mixed up with Taoism. This study argues that the Buddhist legend is simply a framework of religious symbolism that he used skillfully to embody a Taoist belief, and that Zhang Boduan's syncretic theory constitutes the basis of his syncretic religion. This study has also uncovered a number of subtle religious allusions for the first time in Xiyou ji criticism. |
| ISBN | 9780591695755; 0591695758 |
| 點閱次數 | 169 |
| 建檔日期 | 2000.02.01 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.31 |
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