This collection of essays on "later" Chinese Buddhism takes us beyond the bedrock subjects of traditional Buddhist historiography - scriptures and commentaries, sectarian developments, lives of notable monks - to examine a wide range of extracanonical materials that illuminate cultural manifestations of Buddhism from the Song dynasty (960-1279) through the modern period. Strayi...(展开全部)

芮沃寿(ArthurF.Wright，1913－1976)，20世纪中叶美国汉学研究的领军人物之一，与费正清同为美国汉学研究的奠基人。1947年获哈佛大学哲学博士学位，专攻佛教及隋唐史，曾任斯坦福大学及耶鲁大学教授。1951年与费正清等成立中国思想研究会，担任主席。他还是美国历史协会、美国亚洲研究协会会员，并长期担任中华文明研究委员会会长。

芮沃寿(ArthurF.Wright，1913－1976)，20世纪中叶美国汉学研究的领军人物之一，与费正清同为美国汉学研究的奠基人。1947年获哈佛大学哲学博士学位，专攻佛教及隋唐史，曾任斯坦福大学及耶鲁大学教授。1951年与费正清等成立中国思想研究会，担任主席。他还是美国历史协会、美国亚洲研究协会会员，并长期担任中华文明研究委员会会长。

芮沃寿(ArthurF.Wright，1913－1976)，20世纪中叶美国汉学研究的领军人物之一，与费正清同为美国汉学研究的奠基人。1947年获哈佛大学哲学博士学位，专攻佛教及隋唐史，曾任斯坦福大学及耶鲁大学教授。1951年与费正清等成立中国思想研究会，担任主席。他还是美国历史协会、美国亚洲研究协会会员，并长期担任中华文明研究委员会会长。

This book investigates how Buddhism gradually integrated itself into the Chinese culture by taking filial piety as a case study because it is an important moral teaching in Confucianism and it has shaped nearly every aspect of Chinese social life. The Chinese criticized Buddhism mainly on ethical grounds as Buddhist clergies left their parents’ homes, did not marry, and were wi...(展开全部)

This book investigates how Buddhism gradually integrated itself into the Chinese culture by taking filial piety as a case study because it is an important moral teaching in Confucianism and it has shaped nearly every aspect of Chinese social life. The Chinese criticized Buddhism mainly on ethical grounds as Buddhist clergies left their parents’ homes, did not marry, and were wi...(展开全部)

Although scholars have long assumed that early Chinese political authority was rooted in Confucianism, rulership in the medieval period was not bound by a single dominant tradition. To acquire power, emperors deployed objects and figures derived from a range of traditions imbued with religious and political significance. Author April D. Hughes demonstrates how dynastic founders...(展开全部)

When Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese were choosing among them and mo...(展开全部)

Bringing together leading authorities in the fields of Chinese and Tibetan Studies alike, Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism engages cutting-edge research on the fertile tradition of Esoteric Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism). This state of the art volume unfolds the sweeping impact of esoteric Buddhism on Tibetan and Chinese cultures, and the movement's role in forg...(展开全部)

When Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese were choosing among them and mo...(展开全部)