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Spreading Buddha's word in East Asia : the formation and transformation of the Chinese Buddhist canon

Title
Spreading Buddha's word in East Asia : the formation and transformation of the Chinese Buddhist canon / edited by Jiang Wu and Lucille Chia.
ISBN
9780231171601
0231171609
9780231540193
0231540191
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xx, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 13, 2016
Series
Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-373) and index.
Contents
The Chinese Buddhist Canon through ages : essential categories and critical issues in the study of a textual tradition / Jiang Wu
From the "Cult of the book" to the "Cult of the Canon" : a neglected tradition in Chinese Buddhism / Jiang Wu
Notions and visions of the Canon in early Chinese Buddhism / Stefano Zacchetti
Fei Changfang's records of the three treasures throughout the successive dynasties (Lidai sanbao ji) and its role in the formation of the early Chinese Buddhist Canon / Tanya Storch
The birth of the first printed Canon : the Kaibao edition and its impact / Jiang Wu, Lucille Chia, and Chen Zhichao
The life and afterlife of Qisha Canon / Lucille Chia
Managing the dharma treasures : collation, carving, printing, and distribution of the Canon in late Imperial China / Darui Long
Better than the original : the creation of Goryeo Canon and the formation of Giyang Pulgyo / Jiang Wu and Ron Dziwenka
Taishō Canon : devotion, scholarship, and nationalism in the creation of the modern Buddhism Canon in Japan / Greg Wilkinson.
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