ISBN:
9789004250932
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 675 S
,
Ill.
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia Vol. 112
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Zürcher, Erik, 1928 - 2008 Buddhism in China
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Zürcher, Erik, 1928 - 2008 Buddhism in China
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Zürcher, Erik, 1928 - 2008 Buddhism in China
DDC:
950
Keywords:
Buddhism History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
China
;
Buddhismus
Abstract:
This book gathers together for the first time the most central and influential papers of the great scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Erik Zürcher, presenting the results of his career-long profound studies following on the 1959 publication of his landmark 'The Buddhist Conquest of China'. The translation and language of Buddhist scriptures in China, Buddhist interactions with Daoist traditions, the activities of Buddhists below elite social levels, continued interactions with Central Asia and lands to the west, and typological comparisons with Christianity are only some of the themes explored here. Presenting some of the most important studies on Buddhism in China, especially in the earlier periods, ever published, it will thus be of interest to a wide variety of readers.--
Description / Table of Contents:
Late Han vernacular elements in the earliest Buddhist translationsLife of the BuddhaBuddhism in a pre-modern bureaucratic empire : the Chinese experienceBuddhist influence on early Daoism : a survey of scriptural evidenceEschatology and messianism in early Chinese Buddhism"Prince Moonlight" : messianism and eschatology in early medieval Chinese BuddhismPerspectives in the study of Chinese BuddhismMahā-Cīna : the Buddhist reinterpretation of the history of ChinaBuddhism and education in Tang timesThe impact of Buddhism on Chinese culture in an historical perspectiveHan Buddhism and the western regionThe spread of Buddhism and Christianity in imperial China : spontaneous diffusion versus guided propagationNuns and convents in old Chinese BuddhismA new look at the earliest Chinese Buddhist textsA new preface to The Buddhist conquest of ChinaObscure texts on favourite topics. Dao'an's anonymous scripturesBuddhist art in medieval China : the ecclesiastical viewVernacular elements in early Buddhist texts : an attempt to define the optimal source materialsBuddhism across boundaries : the foreign inputXu Guangqi and BuddhismTidings from the south Chinese court Buddhism and overseas relations in the fifth century CEBuddhist Chanhui and Christian confession in seventeenth-century China.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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