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DR Stefania Travagnin's Outputs (54)

Houguan – a modern educator in Taiwan (2016)
Book Chapter
Travagnin, S. (2016). Houguan – a modern educator in Taiwan. In J. Samuels, J. T. McDaniel, & M. M. Rowe (Eds.), Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia (91-94). University of Hawai'i Press

The Impact of Politics on the Minnan Buddhist Institute: Sanmin zhuyi 三民主义 and aiguo zhuyi 爱国主义 in the Context of Sangha Education (2015)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2015). The Impact of Politics on the Minnan Buddhist Institute: Sanmin zhuyi 三民主义 and aiguo zhuyi 爱国主义 in the Context of Sangha Education. Review of Religion and Chinese Society, 2(1), 21-50. https://doi.org/10.1163/22143955-00201004

This article analyzes patterns in the direct and indirect influence of the Chinese government on the redefinition of Sangha education during the twentieth century. My research examines three moments in the history of the Minnan Buddhist Institute (mi... Read More about The Impact of Politics on the Minnan Buddhist Institute: Sanmin zhuyi 三民主义 and aiguo zhuyi 爱国主义 in the Context of Sangha Education.

Concepts and Institutions for a New Buddhist Education: Reforming the Saṃgha between and within State Agencies (2014)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2014). Concepts and Institutions for a New Buddhist Education: Reforming the Saṃgha between and within State Agencies. East Asian history (Canberra, A.C.T. Online), 39, 88-101

Education reforms have played a key role in the turning points of Chinese history. Slogans like jiaoyu jiuguo 教育救國 became well-known when the first Republic succeeded the Empire, at the dawn of the Mao era, and with Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s. Ch... Read More about Concepts and Institutions for a New Buddhist Education: Reforming the Saṃgha between and within State Agencies.

What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China (2012)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2012). What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China. Buddhist Studies Review, 29(2), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v29i2.251-272

Yinshun (1906–2005) is regarded as one of the most eminent monks in twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism. Previous research has argued that Yinshun especially undertook the mission of writing new commentaries on Madhyamaka texts. His efforts provoked a... Read More about What is Behind Yinshun’s Re-statement of the Nature of the Mūlamadhyamakakā: Debates on the Creation of a New Mahāyāna in Twentieth-century China.

The Madhyamika dimension of Yinshun : A restatement of the School of Nagarjuna in 20th century Chinese Buddhism. (2009)
Thesis
Travagnin, S. The Madhyamika dimension of Yinshun : A restatement of the School of Nagarjuna in 20th century Chinese Buddhism. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Yinshun (1906-2005) is regarded as one of the eminent monies representative of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism. He has been valued for his large corpus of writings and scholarly achievement, as well as for his contribution to the change and develo... Read More about The Madhyamika dimension of Yinshun : A restatement of the School of Nagarjuna in 20th century Chinese Buddhism..

Shi Cihang 釋慈航: The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan (2006)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2006). Shi Cihang 釋慈航: The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan. Kervan: International Journal of African and Asiatic Studies, 77-100. https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/959

Shi Cihang 航慈釋 (1895-1954), is one of the eminent figures in the so-called Modern Buddhism in Taiwan. Engaged in improving education and training of Buddhist monks and nuns, and promoter of the so-called renjian fojiao 教佛間人 (Buddhism for the H... Read More about Shi Cihang 釋慈航: The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan.