Buddhism in China : collected papers of Erik Zürcher / edited by Jonathan A. Silk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zürcher, E. (Erik)

Contributor:

Silk, Jonathan A., editor.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 112.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; vol. 112

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--China--History.

Buddhism.

China.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 675 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

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.

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

A 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 century CE

Buddhist Chanhui and Christian confession in seventeenth-century China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004250932

900425093X

OCLC:

857812858