Chinese-Buddhist Encounter: Synthesis of Fuxi-Nüwa and the Cintamani in Early Medieval Chinese Art
The standard pictorial formula of Fuxi and Nüwa, a pair of indigenous Chinese deities, started to absorb new motifs from Buddhist art during the early medieval period when Buddhism became more prominent in China. In this paper, I focus on the juxtaposition of Fuxi-Nüwa and cintamani, a magic Buddhi...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/8318 |