Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan
Jewel in the Ashes: Buddha Relics and Power in Early Medieval Japan
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灰烬中的宝石：中世纪早期日本的佛舍利与力量
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10.2307/j.ctt1tg5nmw
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发表时间：
2000
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B. Ruppert
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作者：
B. Ruppert
本研究探讨了中世纪早期日本对佛舍利的崇拜与权力占有之间的关系。以9世纪至14世纪为研究对象，分析舍利作为佛教僧侣、皇室、世俗贵族、武士社会交往的物质媒介的作用，并通过具体的历史事例探讨舍利的多元性。布莱恩·鲁珀特认为，文物提供了加强或颠覆等级关系的手段。作者的批判性文学和人类学分析证明了舍利崇拜在政府、与维护皇室血统和武士家族相关的民间实践中以及在日本特定佛教教派的推广中的突出地位。
This study addresses the relationship between the veneration of Buddha relics and the appropriation of power in early medieval Japan. Focusing on the ninth to the 14th centuries, it analyses the ways in which relics functioned as material media for the interactions of Buddhist clerics, the imperial family, lay aristocrats, and warrior society and explores the multi-vocality of relics by dealing with specific historical examples. Brian Ruppert argues that relics offered means for reinforcing or subverting hierarchical relations. The author's critical literary and anthropological analyses attest to the prominence of relic veneration in government, in lay practice associated with the maintenance of the imperial line and warrior houses, and in the promotion of specific Buddhist sects in Japan.