RT Article
T1 The Formation of Tangut Ideology: Buddhism and Confucianism
JF Dynamics in the history of religions
VO 11
SP 123
OP 148
A1 Solonin, Kirill
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1841934208
AB This paper examines the issue of the ideological complex of the Tangut Empire (ca. 1038-1227, in Chinese sources known as Xixia 西夏). The focus of the paper is the reconstruction of Tangut ideology as it is reflected in several surviving Tangut compositions. Identifying the Tangut State as either ideologically Buddhist or Confucian is not really proper from a historical perspective. Instead, the chapter suggests that the core of Tangut ideology was national identity, rather than any specific ideological system. Moreover, it suggests that the core of Tangut self-identification was the idea of Tangut rituals associated with the Tangut writing system. The relative positions of Buddhism and Confucianism are discussed from this perspective.
K1 Asien-Studien
K1 Geschichte
K1 Ostasiatische Geschichte
K1 Religion
K1 Religion in Asien
K1 Religionswissenschaften
K1 Zentralasien
DO 10.1163/9789004417731_007