Biancai (1011–1091) and his friends in the outside secular world: Longjing Monastery in the Northern Song (960–1127)

Abstract Longjing Monastery served as a prominent Buddhist center in Hangzhou during the Northern Song Dynasty. Similar to other esteemed Buddhist monasteries and mountains in China, the monastery’s initial prestige owed in part to its mystical associations with the Daoist recluse, Ge Hong. However,...

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Main Author: Tianyu Lei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2024-02-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02540-x