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Buddhism in China : collected papers of Erik Zürcher
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Title
Buddhism in China : collected papers of Erik Zürcher / edited by Jonathan A. Silk.
ISBN
9789004250932
900425093X
Publication
Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Physical Description
xii, 675 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm.
Notes
Text in English with some Chinese.
Summary
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.
Format
Books
Language
English; Chinese
Added to Catalog
September 15, 2015
Series
Sinica Leidensia, vol. 112
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Partial contents
Late Han vernacular elements in the earliest Buddhist translations
Life of the Buddha
Buddhism in a pre-modern bureaucratic empire: the Chinese experience
Buddhist influence on early Daoism: a survey of scriptural evidence
Eschatology and messianism in early Chinese Buddhism
"Prince Moonlight": messianism and eschatology in early medieval Chinese Buddhism
Perspectives in the study of Chinese Buddhism
Mahā-Cīna: the Buddhist reinterpretation of the history of China
Buddhism and education in Tang times
The impact of Buddhism on Chinese culture in an historical perspective
Han Buddhism and the western region
The spread of Buddhism and Christianity in imperial China: spontaneous diffusion versus guided propagation
Nuns and convents in old Chinese Buddhism
A new look at the earliest Chinese Buddhist texts
New preface to The Buddhist Conquest of China
Obscure texts on favourite topics. Dao'an's anonymous scriptures
Buddhist art in medieval China: the ecclesiastical view
Vernacular elements in early Buddhist texts: an attempt to define the optimal source materials
Buddhism across boundaries: the foreign input
Xu Guangqi and Buddhism
Tidings from the south Chinese court Buddhism and overseas relations in the fifth cnetury CE
Buddhist chanhui and Christian confession in seventeenth-century China.
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