THE 6TH FRENCH NETWORK FOR ASIAN STUDIES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (FNASIC)
Dates : 26-28 June 2017. Place : Sciences Po, Paris. Organisers The french network for asian studies
https://congresasie2017.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/19
Monday June 26th at 9:30 am - Introduction to the 6th FNASIC: Frédéric Mion, Director of Sciences Po Paris, Patrice Bourdelais, Director of the InSHS of CNRS, Sébastien Lechevalier, Director of GIS Asie and Jean-François Huchet, Vice- Director of GIS Asie.
Monday, June 26 at 12:30 pm - Speech by Christine Musselin, Scientific Director of Sciences Po, to present the 30th Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) to be held in Kyoto in 2018.
Monday, June 26 at 16:00 pm - Presentation of the Paroles d'Asie, a “patrimonial” series of convivial dialogues between senior researchers whose specialization is Asia and the Pacific studies. Our intention is not only to memorialize the voices and faces elucidated by our research, but also — and above all else — to bring to light the emotions and passions that guided their investigations. By sharing extracts of these discussions, as well as the images that accompany our work, this workshop will highlight the importance of the use of images as a tool for the diffusion of knowledge.
PRESENTATION KARINE MARTIN
Contemporary monastic Taoism: process of revival of the Leigutai lineage / Taoïsme monastique contemporain : le « revival » de la lignée Leigutai 擂鼓台.
Karine Martin 1, @ 1 : Chinese University Hong Kong
Presentation :
The Quanzhen Taoist order established during the twelfth century flourished for 900 years before its destruction during the Cultural Revolution. With the legal re-opening of religious activities in China in 1979, Taoism restarted its revival process with only 21 key monasteries. Thirty years later, there are 30 000 Taoist temples and 100 000 registered priests, amongst which 30 000 are Quanzhen clerics. Such an impressive resurgence did not happen without a supportive political, legal, and cultural context involving the central government, the Chinese Taoist Association but also local and often unknown priests who transformed their practice from internal to external, from meditation to temple building.
This communication aims at exploring the various processes that allowed such a re-development. The hypothesis is that for such a revival to occur, modifications at the structural and doctrinal level of the Quanzhen order had to take place in order to adapt to the new political and social context. This paper focuses on the activities of the Quanzhen clerics of the Leigutai temple in Ziyang county of Shaanxi province. The time frame for this study is limited to the reopening of the religious activities in 1979 onward up to the present day.
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Résumé :
L'ordre taoïste Quanzhen établi au XIIème siècle a prospéré pendant 900 ans avant sa destruction avec la Révolution culturelle (1966-1976). La « réouverture » des activités religieuses, en 1979, a entraîné un processus de renouveau du taoïsme autour de vingt-et-un monastères clés. Trente ans plus tard, on compte 30 000 temples et 100 000 prêtres enregistrés, parmi lesquels 30 000 sont Quanzhen. Une telle résurgence n'a été possible que grâce à un contexte politique, juridique et culturel de soutien, impliquant gouvernement central, Association taoïste chinoise, et aussi prêtres locaux, souvent inconnus, qui ont transformé leurs pratiques, passant de l'interne à l'externe, de la méditation à la construction de temples.
Cette communication vise à explorer les différents processus qui ont permis un tel redéveloppement en partant de l'hypothèse qu'une telle reprise, pour se produire, impliquait des modifications structurelles et doctrinales au sein du Quanzhen, afin de s'adapter au nouveau contexte politique et social. Elle se base sur utilise les activités des clercs du temple Quanzhen du Leigutai 擂鼓台 (comté de Ziyang 紫阳, Shaanxi), de la réouverture des activités religieuses en 1979 à nos jours.
