Taiwanese Nuns and Education Issues in Contemporary Taiwan

Li, Yuchen

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“…Le bouddhisme à Taïwan a reçu beaucoup d'attention de la part des sociologues des religions, autant en langue chinoise (Chen, 2012 ;Cheng, 2020 ;Kan, 2017Kan, , 2019Shi, 2018) qu'en anglais (Al Qurtuby, 2020 ;Chandler, 2004 ;Cheng, 2020 ;Chiung, 2009 ;Huang, 2009 ;Jones, 1999 ;Lee and Ling, 2021 ;Li, 2022 ;Lin, 2020 ;Pham, 2017 ;Schak, 2008Schak, , 2009Wang and Gamberi, 2023 ;Wu, 2021 ;Yao, 2014 ;Yu, 2021 ;Zimmerman-Liu, 2023) ou, plus rarement, en français (Campergue, 2018 ;Jagou, 2010 ;Ji, 2007 ;Laliberté, 1998). Pourtant, un domaine des études du bouddhisme de ce pays demeure négligé : son influence politique (Jones, 1999 ;Laliberté, 2004).…”

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Le bouddhisme à Taïwan : quelle influence après trois décennies de transition démocratique ?

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2024

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In this article, I will first describe the extent of the influence of Buddhism in Taiwan, presenting some data on the demographic importance of this religion in terms of people who identify with it, but also in terms of associations that claim to do so. I will then introduce the positions of the main masters of this tradition relevant to four kinds of political issues relevant to Taiwan: the democratic transition process itself, the development of Taiwan’s welfare regime, cross-strait relations with China, and the contribution of Buddhist associations to the international influence of Taiwan in the context of the latter’s diplomatic isolation.

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Le bouddhisme à Taïwan : quelle influence après trois décennies de transition démocratique ?

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“…Despite the dearth of historical records on nuns, scholars have taken on the daunting job of collecting a diversity of sources, such as biographies and standard dynastic histories (Masaaki 2002;Tsai 1981), tales of miracles (Georgieva 1996), collections of poems (Li 1989), epigraphical texts (Yao 2014), inscriptions (Adamek 2009a;Pang 2010), manuscripts (Liu 2018), memorials (Adamek 2009b), etc. (Georgieva 2000;Hao 2010), to reveal the agency of Chinese Buddhist nuns over the course of history and to bring to light the previously marginalized voices of female Chinese monastics.…”

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The Miraculous Narratives in The Biographies of Eminent Nuns and The Further Biographies of Eminent Nuns

Zhong

2023

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This paper introduces miraculous narratives in The Biographies of Eminent Nuns (BQNZ) and The Further Biographies of Eminent Nuns (XBQNZ) and provides a comparative examination based on the relevant narratives in the above-mentioned collections and The Biographies of Eminent Monks (GSZ). First, this paper suggests that eminent nuns’ miracles in the BQNZ seem to be more limited than those of their male contemporaries in the GSZ, which might reflect their comparatively limited agency in social engagements. Furthermore, the BQNZ’s silence on the eminence of foreign nuns, in sharp contrast to the special attention afforded to foreign monks in the GSZ, might suggest androcentrism in both the Saṅgha and Chinese society. Second, the entries containing “intentionally performed miracles” in the BQNZ outnumber those in the XBQNZ in terms of the percentage of all entries and diversity. Moreover, in later records of the XBQNZ, most miracles are only related to death. This might point to the lower esteem that eminent nuns enjoyed during and after late imperial China, partly because of Buddhism’s development and social status. Alternatively, this might have resulted from special social circumstances. Finally, this paper suggests that the androcentric inclination of the male compilers of the BQNZ and XBQNZ, or the sources on which the two collections are based, might have undermined eminent nuns’ prominence in upholding and spreading Buddhism. Such an androcentric bias is reflected in their selective use and adaptation of the materials.

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Buddhist Women and Female Buddhist Education in the South China Sea: A History of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute

Lin

2023

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This paper studies the history of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute, the first and only modern Buddhist education institution for women in Singapore and Malaysia. This paper aims to explore a dynamic transregional Buddhist network constructed by nuns, vegetarian nuns, and laywomen, with a particular emphasis on the prominent female figures and religious women communities involved. Through an analysis of the movements and religious practices of the Buddhist women community, the author demonstrates the contributions of Buddhist women to the transmission of religious knowledge and modern experiences. It is this paper’s intention that the micro-history of the case could contribute to restaging the women-centered Buddhist community in the narrative of “South China Sea Buddhism”.

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Taiwanese Nuns and Education Issues in Contemporary Taiwan

Cited by 3 publications

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Le bouddhisme à Taïwan : quelle influence après trois décennies de transition démocratique ?

Le bouddhisme à Taïwan : quelle influence après trois décennies de transition démocratique ?

The Miraculous Narratives in The Biographies of Eminent Nuns and The Further Biographies of Eminent Nuns

Buddhist Women and Female Buddhist Education in the South China Sea: A History of the Singapore Girls’ Buddhist Institute

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