文史研究院小型学术研究会（111）

Meir Shahar（夏维明）

讲者简介：

      Meir Shahar (夏维明) ，哈佛大学东亚语言与文明系博士，现任以色列特拉维夫大学东亚研究系中国研究专业教授。研究兴趣包括中国宗教与文学间的相互作用，中国武术历史、中国秘宗佛教以及印度神话对中国神话的影响。著有Crazy Ji: Chinese Religion and Popular Literature , Oedipal God: The Chinese Nezha and his Indian Origins等。 

 时间：2016年6月21日（周二）15：00—17：00

地点：复旦大学光华楼西主楼2801报告厅 

  主持：严耀中 复旦大学文史研究院特约研究员 

报告简介： 

  The Horse King (Mawang 马王) was among the most popular deities in the pantheon of late-imperial China. This speech will survey the late-imperial cult of the Horse King, arguing that the origins of the equine deity might be traced back to the Horse-Headed Avalokiteśvara (Matou Guanyin 马头观音) of Esoteric Buddhism. Professor Meir Shahar will argue that the literary and iconographic attributes of the Chinese popular deity, no less than his very name Horse King, betray his Tantric ancestry.  The multi-eyed and multi limbed iconography of the equine god, his association with fire, and his name Horse King (a shortened form of the esoteric Buddhist Horse-Headed King of Spells (Matou Ming Wang 马头明王)) equally reveal that he is none other than the Horse-Headed Avalokiteśvara in a new garb.