Book Reviews New Perspectives on Medieval Daoism

作者名: Livia Kohn - Boston University
期刊名: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
期数: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 80, Number 2, December 2020, pp. 455-467
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書評摘要

中古時代道教新觀點

本文所評述的四本由知名學者撰寫的最新出版物爲中世紀道教開闢了令人興奮的新視角,在鞏固以往研究的基礎上,推動該領域朝着更好的整體理解方向發展。他們分別從不同的角度和不同的層面來研究道教,圍繞不同的社會階層、宗教流派和其他關鍵特徵展開。因此,他們合在一起,對中國中古時代宗教的廣泛性和多面性提供了一幅令人耳目一新、最有趣的圖景。首先,Franciscus Verellen 在《無常的命運:中國中古時代尋求解脫的道家》(The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China)一書中首先描述了各種命運和因果概念、道德或罪惡行爲對生命和健康的影響,以及不同道教流派所採用的救贖和解決的儀式方法。在此背景下,他區分了四個關鍵維度:根本責任(根)、報應(報)、恢復(贖)和解脫(解)。 (Gender, Power and Talent: The Journey of Daoist Priestesses in Tang China by Jinhua Jia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Pp. xxvi + 324. $80.00 cloth, $79.99 e-book.|Roaming into the Beyond: Representations of Xian Immortality in Early Medieval Chinese Verse by Zornica Kirkova. Leiden, Nld.: Brill, 2016. Pp. ix + 419. $158.00 cloth, $158.00 e-book.|The Writ of the Three Sovereigns: From Local Lore to Institutional Daoism by Dominic Steavu. Hong Kong: Centre for Studies of Daoist Culture, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Chinese University Press; Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019. Pp. xiv + 370. $72.00 cloth, $28.00 paper.|Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China by Franciscus Verellen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2019. Pp. x + 376. $75.00 cloth.)