L'ecole taoiste quanzhen sous la dynastie des yuan 1260-1368
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Abstract EN:
THE QUANZHEN TAOIST SCHOOL AROSE IN JIN DYNASTY IN NORTHERN CHINA. I SELECTED THE QUANZHEN TAOIST SCHOOL DURING THE YUAN DYNASTY AS MY SUBJECT OF RESEARCH AS UP UNTIL NOW THIS TOPIC WAS NOT TREATED IN ANY GREAT DEPTH. I CONSULTED THE TAOIST CANON, VARIOUS OFFICIAL HISTORICAL BOOKS, ASSORTED SELECTIONS OF TEXTS OF THIS EPOCH, NUMEROUS LAPIDARY INSCRIPTIONS AND LOCAL MONOGRAPHS. THE VAST DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH I UNDERTOOK PERMITTED ME TO ELABORATE MY SUBJECT IN THREE SPECIFIC SECTIONS : DURING THE FIRST SECTION, I CONCENTRATED ON THE LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS OF HEADS OF THE QUANZHEN SCHOOL WITH MONGOL POLITICAL POWERS AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME. IN THE SECOND SECTION, MY RESEARCH WAS ORIENTED TOWARDS BIOGRAPHIES OF PRINCIPAL MASTERS OF SEVEN SUB SCHOOLS. THEREAFTER, I ESTABLISHED A RESUME OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL WORKS. BASED ON DETAILED GEOGRAPHIC research OF TEMPLES AND MONASTERIES, IN THE THIRD SECTION, I ANALYZED THE GROWTH FROM THE NORTH TO SOUTH OF CHINA OF THE INFLUENCE OF QUANZHEN. IN CONCLUSION, MY RESEARCH WAS BASED ON MY DESIRE TO SHOW QUANZHEN AS BEING ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ROOTS OF MODERN TAOISM AND ITS LINKS WITH MONGOL POLITICAL HISTORY IN CHINA DURING THE 13TH AND 14TH CENTURIES.
Abstract FR:
L'ecole taoiste quanzhen a pris forme en chine du nord sous la dynastie des jin. Nous avons choisi d'etudier l'ecole sous les yuan (1260-1368) car cette periode a ete peu abordee jusqu'a present. Nous avons consulte le canon taoiste, les livres historiques officiels, les recueils de textes de l'epoque, les inscriptions lapidaires et les monographies locales. Ce travail de recueil documentaire quasiment exhaustif nous a permit dans une premiere partie d'etudier la vie et les relations des chefs de l'ecole quanzhen avec le pouvoir politique mongol. La seconde partie decrit les biographies des principaux maitres des sept sous-courant essentiels, et propose un resume de leurs oeuvres fondamentales. La troisieme partie, redigee a partir d'une etude geographique des temples et monasteres, permet de s'interesser a la diffusion geographique du quanzhen. En conclusion, ce travail a ete concu comme un outil de base decrivant l'une des racines fondamentales du taoisme moderne, ainsi que ses liens avec l'histoire politique mongole de la chine des 13eme et 14eme siecle.