Book Reviews Transnational Circuits of Buddhism in Asia

作者名: Pei-ying Lin - National Chengchi University
期刊名: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
期数: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Volume 85, Number 1, June 2025, pp. 115-125 (Review)
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亞洲佛教的跨國網絡 by Matthew W. King, Benjamin Brose, Yiwen Li

本論文回顧了三本近期出版、聚焦於佛教在亞洲跨國流傳路徑的著作。這些研究涵蓋了前現代的中日交流，以及佛教在中國、中亞和歐洲的近代接受史與重新詮釋。每部著作皆對我們理解佛教跨越歷史與地理疆界的文化及文本傳播，提供了獨特貢獻。Matthew W. King的《在盲者的森林中》探討了法顯（Faxian，337–約422年）《佛國記》（第五世紀記載該僧侶穿越中亞與南亞之旅的中文行紀）歷久不衰的傳播旅程。通過追溯文本在不同語言與文化脈絡間流轉的變貌——從中文原典到法文、蒙古文、藏文及英文的改編——King對《佛國記》如何隨時代被重新構築的過程，提出了精細入微的分析。 (In the Forest of the Blind: The Eurasian Journey of Faxian’s Record of Buddhist Kingdoms by Matthew W. King. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. Pp. xviii + 294. $160.00 hardcover, $40.00 paper, $39.99 e-book. Embodying Xuanzang: The Postmortem Travels of a Buddhist Pilgrim by Benjamin Brose. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2023. Pp. ix + 224. $70.00 hardcover, $28.00 paper. Networks of Faith and Profit: Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE by Yiwen Li. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. xvi + 211. $110.00 hardcover, $39.99 paper, $39.99 e-book.)
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