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ID: 300157309
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Record Type: concept
Chen-Yen (Buddhism) (Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: School of Tantric Buddhism in China. Its name is derived from the Indian Sanskrit word "mantra" meaning 'mystical world.The work of Shubhakarasimha brought about Chen-Yen in China in 716 CE and it was expanded by others such as Amoghavajra (705-774). Although it gained imperial favor for a time, it never became extremely popular in China. Instead, it flourished in Japan after Kukai brought back some Chen-Yen rituals and texts after his 804 trip to China; Kukai was responsible for founding the Shingon school of Chen-Yen in his native Japan. Chen-Yen received an infusion of life from Tibet during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) but the surviving school is as much Tibetan as it is Chinese and the intrinsic quality of Chen-Yen has declined.
 
Terms:
Chen-Yen (Buddhism) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
Chen-Yen (budismo) (Spanish-P,D,U,U)
Chen Yen (Buddhism) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Mi Tsung (Chen-Yen Buddhism) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
True Word school (Chinese Buddhism) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
True Word sect (Chinese Buddhism) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
真言 (中國佛教) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
zhēn yán (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
zhen yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
chen yan (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
Tsjen-Jen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <religions and religious concepts>
........ <religions and religious concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of religions (belief systems, cultures)
............ religions (belief systems, cultures) (G)
Hierarchy of Buddhism
................ Buddhism (G)
Hierarchy of Chinese Buddhism
.................... Chinese Buddhism (G)
Hierarchy of Chen-Yen (Buddhism)
........................ Chen-Yen (Buddhism) (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <religions and religious concepts>
........ <religions and religious concepts> (G)
Hierarchy of religions (belief systems, cultures)
............ religions (belief systems, cultures) (G)
Hierarchy of Buddhism
................ Buddhism (G)
Hierarchy of Vajrayana
.................... Vajrayana (G)
Hierarchy of Chen-Yen (Buddhism)
........................ Chen-Yen (Buddhism) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 中國密宗佛教的一個宗派。其名稱源於印度梵文 “mantra”,意指「神秘世界」。西元716年善無畏(Shubhakarasimha)的著作將真言宗傳入中國,後由其他人,如不空(Amoghavajra,705-774)加以宏揚。雖然此宗派有一段時間獲得帝王青睞,但在中國卻從未真正廣受歡迎。反而是在空海(Kukai)到中國遊歷第804次後,將部份真言宗的儀式與經文帶回,而盛行於日本;空海是在日本本土創立真言宗的重要人物。元朝(1279-1368)時,真言宗混入西藏生活模式,不過現今的真言宗派既西藏又中國,其本質已衰落。 
Dutch ..... Stroming van het tantrisch boeddhisme in China. De naam is afgeleid van het woord 'mantra' in het Indiase Sanskriet, dat 'mystieke wereld' betekent. Tsjen-Jen kwam via het werk van Shubhakarasimha in China terecht in 716 n. Chr. en werd vervolgens verder verspreid door onder meer Amoghavajra (705-774). De stroming was een tijdlang in zwang aan het keizerlijke hof, maar werd nooit bijzonder populair in China. De stroming maakte wel een bloeiperiode door in Japan nadat Kukai een aantal Tsjen-Jen-rituelen en -teksten meenam van een reis naar China in 804; Kukai richtte de Sjingon-stroming van Tsjen-Jen op in zijn vaderland Japan. Tsjen-Jen maakte een opleving door in Tibet gedurende de Yuan-dynastie (1279-1368), maar de stroming die vandaag de dag nog actief is, is net zozeer Tibetaans als Chinees en de intrinsieke kwaliteit van Tsjen-Jen is afgenomen. 
Spanish ..... El término que deriva de la palabra sánscrita india mantra, y que significa "mundo místico", se refiere a la escuela de budismo tántrico en China. La obra de Shubhakarasimha hizo surgir el Chen-Yen en China en 716 d.C y fue expandido por otros como Amoghavajra (705-774). Aunque ganó el favor imperial por un tiempo, nunca fue extremadamente popular en China. En cambio, floreció en Japón después que Kukai trajo de vuelta algunos rituales y textos Chen-Yen después de su viaje en 804;viajó a China; Kukai fue responsable de fundar la escuela de Shingon de Chen-Yen en su nativo Japón.recive una inyección de vida desde el Tibet durante la Dinastía Yuan (1279-1368) pero la escuela tibetana que sobrevivio era tan tibetana como china, pero la cualidade intrinseca de Chen- Yen habían declinado. 

Sources and Contributors:
真言 (中國佛教)............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
chen yan............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Chen-Yen (Buddhism)............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  Crim, Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions (1981) 163
...................................  Diccionario Espasa. Religiones y creencias (1997) 151
...................................  Sickman and Soper, Art and Architecture of China (1971) 143
Chen Yen (Buddhism)............  [VP]
...................................  Goring, ed., Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs and Religions (1994) 92
...................................  Noss, Man's Religions (1963)
...................................  Parrinder, Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions (1971) 61
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism............  [VP]
............................................  Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997) 209
Mi Tsung (Chen-Yen Buddhism)............  [VP]
...............................................  Parrinder, Dictionary of Non-Christian Religions (1971) 61
True Word school (Chinese Buddhism)............  [VP]
...........................................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
...........................................................  Noss, Man's Religions (1963)
True Word sect (Chinese Buddhism)............  [VP]
........................................................  Sickman and Soper, Art and Architecture of China (1971) 143
Tsjen-Jen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................  Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
zhen yan............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
zhēn yán............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Crim, Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions (1981)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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