scholarly journals Event-Review: Chinese Church Music since the Tang Dynasty

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
Zhang Zhentao Zhentao
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Church Music ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Chinese Church ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
The Given ◽  
Chinese Face

This short review is dedicated to the long-awaited event ‘Beijing Symposium of Sinicised Catholic Theology – The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ’ and deals with the historical background of some its events. It is also a personal document filled with statements derived from the given observations.

The Bible and Chinese Church Music

2021 ◽  
pp. 712-728
Author(s):  
Sun Chenhui
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Church Music ◽  
Musical Style ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Chinese Church ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
Biblical Texts

Christianity came to China four times since the Tang dynasty, bringing with it the gospel of Jesus Christ with various biblical texts, interpretations, hymns, and songs. This essay surveys Chinese church music and shows the multi-cultural richness of worship life in the Chinese church. It will show that cultural differences do not hinder people of God in foreign cultural settings from understanding the Bible and seeking new ways of expressing their love and devotion to God. Yet, it also will show that, at the same time, Chinese believers seek to imitate and preserve the dominant musical style of Euro-American traditions.

Transitions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Heine
Keyword(s):  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Commercial Network

Chapter 2 examines political factors and social influences that contributed to the construction of the Legend of Living Buddhas, a benchmark for the institutional and artistic shift from Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen. It aims to answer the question of how the Zen monastic institution managed to gain a wide following of religious leaders and their disciples as well as lay followers, especially Song-dynasty literati, after struggling for centuries to grow in China beginning with the historical background of the Tang dynasty. Stressing the commercial network of maritime routes linking China and Japan, along with cultural as well as commercial connections that inspired monks to make the daring trip across the waters, the chapter shows how transnational relationships formed between creative priests from both countries, particularly in regard to the mythology of Living Buddhas.

Daoist Meditation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Komjathy
Keyword(s):  
Song Dynasty ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Early Medieval Period ◽  
Insight Meditation ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
The One ◽  
Internal Alchemy

Meditation has been and remains a central practice in the Daoist (Taoist) tradition. This chapter examines Daoist meditation, often referred to as dazuo (“engaging in sitting”) and shouyi (“guarding the One”) in Chinese, from the Later Han dynasty to the present. It provides a general overview of the five major forms of Daoist meditation, namely, apophatic meditation, ingestion, visualization, inner observation, and internal alchemy. Ingestion (fuqi) and visualization (cunxiang) were first systematized in the early medieval period. Inner observation (neiguan), a Daoist adaptation of Buddhist insight meditation (vipassanā), became a central practice during the Tang dynasty. Internal alchemy (neidan) developed during the late Tang dynasty and early Song dynasty. Following this period, apophatic meditation and internal alchemy became the two dominant forms of Daoist meditative praxis. In addition to providing socio-historical background information, this chapter discusses the technical specifics of each type of Daoist meditation, including major texts and informing views.

Tibetan “Barbarians” in China’s Borderlands: Changing Perspectives According to the Geographical Records in the Siku Quanshu

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmila Ptáčková
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Tang Dynasty ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Qing Dynasty ◽  
Imperial Court ◽  
The Tang Dynasty ◽  
Territorial Claims ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Given

China has always considered herself to be the center of the world. Those regions and populations which were not included in the Chinese territory under direct supervision of the imperial court were, depending on their distance from the court, perceived as being in a tighter or looser tributary relation to China. Tibet and its territorial relation to China is one such example and the historical sovereignty or suzerainty of China over Tibet is an omnipresent issue even in the current Sino-Tibetan context. China expresses territorial claims over Tibet originating from the Yuan or even the Tang dynasty, while the Tibetan side argues that Tibet was an independent state until the middle of the twentieth century. There is evidence to support both claims. However, it is difficult to judge historical territorial claims from our contemporary viewpoint and current understanding of the functions and integrity of the state and its borders. Undoubtedly, China and Tibet, as neighboring entities, experienced intense cultural, political, and religious interaction, and depending on the given political situation they would seek alliances or, more frequently, clash as enemies. An inquiry into the geographical records of the Qing dynasty collection of valuable sources, the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (Siku quanshu), and particularly into the Qing historiographical record, the Da Qing yitong zhi, and its revised version the Jiaqing chongxiu yitong zhi, indicates that relations between China and Tibet were much more complex than presented by the two political parties nowadays, as they dependednot only on the military strength of the two parties, but also on prevailing economic needs or dominant religious trends.

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