Memorial Discussing the Buddha\'s Bone Tale of Liwa PDF

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Memorial)Discussing)the)Buddha's)Bone/)Tale)of) Liwa Thursday,$November$ 9,$2017

2:12$PM

Han$Yu$(Tang$Dynasty) -Favored$Confucianism$over$Buddhism$and$Taoism -Literary$works$inspired$Neo-Confucianism$(the$start$of$it) -Exiled$to$Chaozhou$because$of$his$work -Outlines$Pre-China$(explains$how$it$was$so$perfect,$and$then$Buddhism$occurred) Buddha's$Bone -Physical$representation$of$Buddha -Significance:$invading$ideas$of$Buddhism$into$China -Throwing$away$the$bone=$rejecting$Buddhism -Keeping$the$bone=$incorporating$Buddhism$and$accepting$change Significance:$ Confucian$thought$:$Respect$Gods$and$spirits,$but$keep$far$away$from$them. Zhuang$Zhi:$Revaluation,$Radically$shifting$perspective Zeitgeist:$"Spirit$of$the$Times,"$Relating$past$to$pre-Buddhism,$more$peaceful$ and$better$life Bai$Xingjian$(Tang$Dynasty) -Younger$brother$of$famed$poet$Baijuyi -Wrote$The$Tale$of$Liwa -People$desire$the$freedom$of$marriage -Opposed$strongly$to$the$system$of$feudalism -Tribute$to$love -Creates$the$story$of$"Golden$Couple" -Artistic$achievement$and$structure$ Li$Wa -Prostitute$who$is$in$the$bottom$of$society -Loves$Ying$Yang -Gave$up$her$love$with$Ying$Yang$instead$of$choosing$the$reality

Ying$Yang -Aristocratic$family -Inexperienced,$pure$and$delicate -Deceived$by$Liwa...