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Textual Roots Textual Roots
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Nirvana-Related Texts Nirvana-Related Texts
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Mahākāśyapa and Queen Māyā Mahākāśyapa and Queen Māyā
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Pictorializing the Buddha’s “Death” Pictorializing the Buddha’s “Death”
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Pre-Tang Developments Pre-Tang Developments
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The Shanxi Stele The Shanxi Stele
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Four Other Examples Four Other Examples
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From Dayun to Renshou Monastery From Dayun to Renshou Monastery
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Temple and Stele Temple and Stele
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In Praise of Empress Wu In Praise of Empress Wu
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Custodians of the Relics Custodians of the Relics
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Chongge and Sympathetic Resonance Chongge and Sympathetic Resonance
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Relic Worship under Empress Wu Relic Worship under Empress Wu
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Dayun Monastery of Yishi Dayun Monastery of Yishi
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Two Transformation: Pictorial Narratives
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Published:March 2010
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Abstract
This chapter discusses one of the most elaborate pictorial narratives on Buddha's nirvana from the medieval China of the Dayun Monastery in Yishin governed by Empress Wu. This stele was moved to the local Confucian temple and later to the provincial museum in Taiyuan. Its compositional program was labelled as niepan bian or literally “nirvana transformation.” The material and inscriptional evidence supports an interpretation of the pictorial nirvana narrative that decorated the stele as a localized response to the Wu Zhou regime, whose political ideology built on a particular understanding of Buddhist metaphysics prevalent in the seventh century. The pictorial narrative on the Shanxi stele tells the story of the transformation of the Buddha in three stages through the course of attaining nirvana. The story had its roots in scriptures, biographies, miracle tales, and prose compilations. This chapter also presents a narrative structure of Buddha's death.
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