Buddhist Doctrines; 慈悲心=Loving Kindness=Compassion; 放生=animal liberation
摘要
Joanna F. Handlin Smith relates the practice of and the beliefs underlying "saving animal lives" (fangsheng) in Ming and early Qing China with the development of a new sensibility among some members of Chinese society. Although the notion of saving animals had Buddhist origins and although the practice of releasing animals had antecedents in earlier customs, fangsheng, as it developed during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, diverged both in meaning and in practice. The new form that the practice acquired in the sixteenth century grew out of a different social configuration and was generated by and generated in turn a different ideology.
目次
Building up the Subject 53 Late-Ming Departures 54 Didactic Tales 55 Zhuhong and the Revival of Buddhism 57 Why Did Fangheng Gain Meaning for Late-Ming Literati? 62 Frugality and Extravagance 63 Entertaining Guests 65 For the Sake of One's Stomach 67 Same and Different 68 Smaller and Weaker 71 Analogues 73 Conclusion 78 Glossary 78 List of References 80
