Lin, Wei-Cheng. <br/><br/>
Building a Sacred Mountain :  The Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (344 pages) 
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<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties -- introduction. Early Buddhist Monastic Architecture in Context -- One. Building the Monastery, Locating the Sacred Presence -- Two. Entering the Mountains, Localizing the Sacred Presence -- Three. The Sacred Presence in Place and in Vision -- Four. Mediating the Distance to Mount Wutai -- Five. Reconfiguring the Center -- Six. Narrative, Visualization, and Transposition ofMount Wutai -- Conclusion. Revisiting Foguang Monastery -- Appendix 1. The Creation Legend of the True-Presence Icon of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī at Huayan Monastery -- Appendix 2. Transcription and Translation of the Inscription on the Dongzhang Stone Lantern -- Appendix 3. Transcriptions of Key Passages from Chinese Texts Used in This Study -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780295805351 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhist architecture -- China -- Wutai Mountains.<br/>Buddhist monasteries -- China -- Wutai Mountains.<br/>Buddhism and culture -- China -- Wutai Mountains.<br/>Wutai Mountains (China) -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AHP 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>951.17