The Buddhist Conquest of China : The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China
by E. Zürcher
海外中国研究从书, Sinica Leidensia (11)
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'The reprinting in 2007 of a book originally produced nearly fifty years earlier (and based on a doctoral dissertation begun in the early 1950's) is not merely a publishing event. It constitutes a milestone in the academic study of early Chinese Buddhism that shows at once both how far the field has progressed in the past half-century as well as how fundamental the book remains.' (From the new Introduction.) At the repeated request of many scholars and students here is a new edition of E. show more Zørcher's groundbreaking The Buddhist Conquest of China . In his extensive introduction Stephen F. Teiser (D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University) explains why the book is still the standard in the field of early Chinese Buddhism. The introduction, newly written for this edition, analyzes the development of the field from the 1950's to the present. This edition is also updated by utilizing Pinyin (rather than the Wade-Giles system of the first two editions) for the transcription of Chinese and by including a thorough bibliography of E. Zørcher's more recent work. show lessTags
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Excellent, scholarly overview of the subject. Pulled together a lot of loose strands for me. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the subject.
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- Canonical title
- 佛敎征服中国: 佛敎在中国中古早期的传播与适应; The Buddhist Conquest of China : The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China
- Original title
- The Buddhist Conquest of China : The Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China
- Original publication date
- 1959
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- China
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- The present study is an attempt to describe the main aspects of the particular type of Buddhism which developed in Southern and Central China in the fourth and early fifth century AD. (from the Third Edition, 2007)
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- Chinese, English
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