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1、THEREVIVALOFBUDDHISTMONASTICISMINMEDIEVALCHINAHUAIYUCHENADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEFACULTYOFPRINCETONUNIVERSITYINCANDIDACYFORTHEDEGREEOFDOCTOROFPHILOSOPHYRECOMMENDATEDFORACCEPTANCEBYTHEDEPARTMENTOFRELIGIONAPRIL,2005UMINumber:3156036Copyright2005byChen,Huaiy
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3、346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346?CopyrightbyHuaiyuChen,2005.Allrightsreserved.iiABSTRACTHavingrecoveredfrompoliticalpersecutionandresolvedproblemswithinthesangha,BuddhismreachedasummitinitsdevelopmentduringSuiandEarlyTangChina(581-755).Daoxuan(596-667)playedanunpar
4、alleledroleinshapingthedirectionofBuddhisthistoryduringthemedievalperiodthroughbothhisrichwritingsandhisinnovationsofmonasticritualsandregulations.Thisdissertationfocusesonseveralkeyissuesinhiswork,includingthevenerationofBuddha-relicsanditsrelationshiptoth
5、ereconstructionandrenovationofBuddhistmonasteriesasauthoritativestructuresandasgroundforthemonasticcommunity,therecreationoftheordinationplatformandordinationritual,andthewayinwhichtheBuddhistcommunityreclassifiedanddealtwithmonasticproperty.First,itdiscuss
6、esthehistoricalbackgroundofChineseBuddhismfromthefifthtotheseventhcenturies.Thisstudythenarguesthat,inreinterpretingtheimageofsouthernBuddhismasaculturaltradition,DaoxuansoughtanewmodelfortheChineseBuddhisttraditionasawhole.Morespecifically,thisstudyarguest
7、hattheritualofveneratingrelicsasacommemorativeceremonyfunctionedtoexpandthereligiouspowerofBuddhisminChinesesocietyandenhancethebondswithinthemonasticcommunity.ThisstudyalsointerpretsthecreationoftheordinationplatformasacrucialelementintherestorationoftheCh
8、inesemonasticorder.Inaddition,thisstudysuggeststhatDaoxuandevelopedhisnewrulestocreateaninnovativemodelfortheBuddhistcommunityasagroundforindividualmonks’spiritualprogress.Hedidthisinpartbyreclassifyin
