The White Lotus Society

Author : Ji Zhang
Publisher : Royal Collection of Imperi
ISBN 13 : 9781487801748
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Lotus Society written by Ji Zhang and published by Royal Collection of Imperi. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handscroll; Ink on paper; 755cm(width)*22cm(height) The painting recounts the story of Master Huiyuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty establishing the White Lotus Society in the Donglin Temple at Mount Lu. The White Lotus Society was a social organization that originated from the doctrines of ancient Chinese religion. The teachings of the Society included paying respect to the Buddha, chanting scriptures, and pursuing the afterlife in the Buddhist Pure Land in the west. Because the white lotus serves as a symbol of the Buddhist Nirvana, and there is a lotus pond at the Donglin Temple, the society was named for the white lotus growing there. In painting the figures, Zhang adopted the classical line drawing style, which produced lively images. In painting the rocks, he first outlined the basic composition with ink then applied texture strokes, reflecting a perfect balance between dark and light and presenting the depth of the gorge, the serenity of the path, and the steepness of the rocks. In painting the trees, he used thick brushes for the trunks and thin brushes for the branches and leaves, in a style known as "falcon talons." By applying such techniques, the trees are rendered vigorous yet graceful.

Author : Barend J. ter Haar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Lotus Society and the White Lotus Teachings written by Barend J. ter Haar and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barend ter Haar
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004488065
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History written by Barend ter Haar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new hypothesis for understanding the real nature of the term White Lotus Teachings. The author argues that there are actually two different phenomena covered by similar terms: from c. 1130 until 1400, a real lay Buddhist movement existed, which can be called the White Lotus movement. It enjoyed the respect of contemporary literati and religious elites. The movement used the autonym White Lotus Society, which came to be prohibited in the early Ming and was discarded as a result. After 1525, the name reappeared in the form White Lotus Teachings, but now only as a derogatory label, used by officials and literati rather than by believers themselves. As a result of this hypothesis, the history of the "White Lotus Teachings" changes from one of religious groups and magicians into one of elite ideology and religious persecution. The book is therefore important both for historians and anthropologists of Chinese religion and society, and for comparative historians interested in the ideological and social construction of "heterodoxy".

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN 13 : 5153452832
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to The White Lotus written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yingcong Dai
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295745460
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Lotus War written by Yingcong Dai and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE The White Lotus War (1796–1804) in central China marked the end of the Qing dynasty’s golden age and the fatal weakening of the imperial system itself. What started as a local rebellion grew into a serious political crisis, as the central government was no longer able to operate its military machine. Yingcong Dai’s comprehensive investigation reveals that the White Lotus rebels would have remained a relatively minor threat, if not for the Qing’s ill-managed response. Dai shows that the officials in charge of the suppression campaign were half-hearted about the fight and took advantage of the campaign to pursue personal gains. She challenges assumptions that the Qing relied upon local militias to exterminate the rebels, showing instead that the hiring of civilians became a pretext for misappropriation of war funds, resulting in the devastatingly high cost of the war. The mishandled demilitarization of the militiamen prolonged the hostilities when many of the dismissed troops turned into rebels themselves. The war’s long-term impact presaged the beginning of the disintegration of the Qing in the mid-nineteenth century and eruptions of the Taiping Rebellion and other uprisings. The White Lotus War will interest students and scholars of late imperial and modern Chinese history, as well as history buffs interested in the warfare of the early modern world.

Author : Barend Joannes ter Haar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The white lotus society and the white lotus teachings reality and label written by Barend Joannes ter Haar and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593081056
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Lotus written by John Hersey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not too far from now, in a world very like our own, the oppressors have changed places with the oppressed. After their defeat in the Yellow War, the white people of America are thrust into a brutally altered reality. They are hunted like wild beasts and drive like cattle, transported in reeking ships and sold to their conquerors as field hands and house slaves. Robbed of their old names and their old language, treated with a mixture of cruelty and condescension by their Chinese masters, whites take on new identities and new strategies of survival. Some, like Nose, plunge into dissipation. Others, like Top Man, become imitation Yellows. And some, like White Lotus, rebel. In this mesmerizing book John Hersey creates an alternate history that casts a harsh radiance on our own. It has some of the stateliness of Exodus, along with the power of oral narratives of slavery. It has heroes and victims—and villains who turn out to be victims of another color. At once a masterpiece of storytelling and a complex novel of ideas, White Lotuscompels us to reexamine our notions of race and racism, freedom and oppression.

Author : Zhao An Xin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781461092407
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Lotus Revolution written by Zhao An Xin and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banned For Hundreds Of Years, The Original Teachings Of The White Lotus Society from China.This material brings to light the banned teachings of the White Lotus society which explain:+The Ultimate Nature Of Reality+The Hidden History Of Religions+The Great Conspiracy Of HistoryZhao An Xin also provides full instructions for the practice of White Lotus, including the Dragon Flower Meeting.This material has been banned in China, and much of it has been banned for the past 800 years. This work has not been translated into English or outside of the Chinese language previously, and is the only source to get a high level understanding of not only White Lotus Society, but also Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism and Islam.

Author : Jonathan Anxin
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507541524
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book White Lotus Revolution written by Jonathan Anxin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-08-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banned For Hundreds Of Years, The Original Teachings Of The White Lotus Society from China. This material brings to light the banned teachings of the White Lotus society which explain: +The Ultimate Nature Of Reality +The Hidden History Of Religions +The Great Conspiracy Of History Zhao An Xin also provides full instructions for the practice of White Lotus, including the Dragon Flower Meeting. This material has been banned in China, and much of it has been banned for the past 800 years. This work has not been translated into English or outside of the Chinese language previously, and is the only source to get a high level understanding of not only White Lotus Society, but also Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism and Islam.

Author : Jaeyoon Kim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zhu Yuan-Zhang and White Lotus Society written by Jaeyoon Kim and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: