Madhyamaka Thought in China / Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu, Guosong, 1932- author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; 30.

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488.

Sinica Leidensia ; 30

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mādhyamika (Buddhism).

Madhyamika.

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1994.

Summary:

The history of the Madhyamaka, one of the two main Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophical traditions, began around the second century A.D. with the appearance of the writings of Nāgārjuna and Nāgārjuna's followers. Several of these writings were transmitted to China in the first decade of the fifth century, and had exerted a considerable influence on the development of Chinese Buddhist thought. This book examines the three stages of development of Chinese Madhyamaka, focussing attention on the different ways the representative figures of each stage applied basic Madhyamaka principles to deal with the central Buddhist doctrinal issues of their age. The chief aim of this book is to locate an ideological nucleus and to trace a general pattern of transformation, referring to which the precise significance of the key theoretical elements and the exact relationship between the main doctrinal aspects of a broad Buddhist intellectual trend can be clearly demonstrated and accurately defined.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

Preface / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

Abbreviated and Translated Titles / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

Chapter One The Formation of Madhyamaka Teaching in India / Ming-Wood Liu

Chapter Two The Advent of Chinese Madhyamaka: The Teaching of Seng-Chao / Ming-Wood Liu

Chapter Three The Revival of Chinese Madhyamaka: The Teaching of Chi-Tsang / Ming-Wood Liu

Chapter Four The Madhyamaka Spirit in the Teachings of the T'Ien-T'Ai School and the Ch'an School / Ming-Wood Liu

Conclusion / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

List of Chinese and Japanese Words / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

References Cited / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

Index / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu

Sinica Leidensia / Editor: Ming-Wood Liu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Madhyamaka Thought in China.

ISBN:

9789004450332

9789004099845

OCLC:

988745795

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004450332 DOI

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