Buddhism in China : collected papers of Erik Zurcher / Erik Zurcher; [edited by] Jonathan A. Silk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zürcher, E. (Erik)

Contributor:

Silk, Jonathan A., editor.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia 112.

Sinica Leidensia ; 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--China--History.

Buddhism.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (688 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Buddhism in China 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:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Jonathan A. Silk

Late Han Vernacular Elements in the Earliest Buddhist Translations [7] / Jonathan A. Silk

Life of the Buddha [8] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhism in a Pre-Modern Bureaucratic Empire: The Chinese Experience [9] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhist Influence on Early Daoism: A Survey of Scriptural Evidence [10] / Jonathan A. Silk

Eschatology and Messianism in Early Chinese Buddhism [11] / Jonathan A. Silk

“Prince Moonlight”: Messianism and Eschatology in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism [12] / Jonathan A. Silk

Perspectives in the Study of Chinese Buddhism [13] / Jonathan A. Silk

Mahā-Cīna: The Buddhist Reinterpretation of the History of China [16] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhism and Education in Tang Times [22] / Jonathan A. Silk

The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Culture in an Historical Perspective [23] / Jonathan A. Silk

Han Buddhism and the Western Region [24] / Jonathan A. Silk

The Spread of Buddhism and Christianity in Imperial China: Spontaneous Diffusion Versus Guided Propagation [25] / Jonathan A. Silk

Nuns and Convents in Old Chinese Buddhism [26] / Jonathan A. Silk

A New Look at the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Texts [27] / Jonathan A. Silk

A New Preface to The Buddhist Conquest of China [2a] / Jonathan A. Silk

Obscure Texts on Favourite Topics. Dao’an’s Anonymous Scriptures [29] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhist Art in Medieval China: The Ecclesiastical View [31] / Jonathan A. Silk

Vernacular Elements in Early Buddhist Texts: An Attempt to Define the Optimal Source Materials [32] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhism Across Boundaries: The Foreign Input [35] / Jonathan A. Silk

Xu Guangqi and Buddhism [36] / Jonathan A. Silk

Tidings from the South Chinese Court Buddhism and Overseas Relations in the Fifth Century CE [37] / Jonathan A. Silk

Buddhist Chanhui and Christian Confession in Seventeenth-Century China [38] / Jonathan A. Silk

R. Robinson, Early Mādhyamika in India and China (1967) [39] / Jonathan A. Silk

Mélanges de sinologie offerts à Monsieur Paul Demiéville II (1974) [40] / Jonathan A. Silk

Timothy Brook, Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China (1993) [41] / Jonathan A. Silk

Kuo Li-ying, Confession et Contrition dans le bouddhisme chinois du Ve au Xe siècle (1994) [42] / Jonathan A. Silk

Antonino Forte, The Hostage An Shigao and his Offspring: An Iranian Family in China (1995) [43] / Jonathan A. Silk

Index of Names and Places

Index of Text Titles

Index of Buddhist Technical Terms

Index of Linguistic Phenomena.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-26329-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004263291 DOI