| Titre | Les « lamas » vus de Chine : fascination et répulsion | |
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| Auteur | Isabelle Charleux | |
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Revue | Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident |
| Numéro | no 24, 2002 L'anticléricalisme en Chine | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | II. La figure du bonze |
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| Page | 133-151 | |
| Résumé anglais |
"Lamas" as seen from China : fascination and repulsion
The Chinese phantasmagoria of Tibetan monks abound in images of fascination and repulsion. The representation of the "lama" in China is a superposition of the full variety of images of foreign clerics (fanseng) from the "West" (India, Central Asia and Tibet). The image of the depraved Tantrist, expert in black magic and sexual techniques, coexists with that of the holy arhat. The discourse on lamas in novels, official documents and the Chinese press has developed along four broad themes : "Lamaist" heterodoxy, the Barbarian monk, the evil influence of lamas on emperors and ordinary people, as well as the personality cult of the "Living Buddhas". Lamas were subjected to the same anticlericalism which generally targeted the whole of China's clergy. Xenophobia and a discourse founded on the "original sin" of Tibetan monks under the Yuan dynasty added to its impact. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/oroc_0754-5010_2002_num_24_24_1155 |
