Includes bibliographical references and index

This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the Library of Congress, and published by the US Government Printing Office during W orld War II. Its contributors comprise the founders of the profession of Chinese history research and its teaching in the United States.

This much-loved work was produced under the auspices of the Library of Congress, and published by the US Government Printing Office during World War II. Its contributors comprise the founders of the profession of Chinese history research and its teaching in the United States. The 2016 Berkshire edition contains the original biographical sketches as well as its extensive front a...(展开全部)

Marston Anderson is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University.

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge h...(展开全部)

Since its original publication in Chinese in the 1930s, this work has been accepted by Chinese scholars as the most important contribution to the study of their country's philosophy. In 1952 the book was published by Princeton University Press in an English translation by the distinguished scholar of Chinese history, Derk Bodde, "the dedicated translator of Fung Yu-lan's huge h...(展开全部)

In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographies of Chinese Buddhist monks, from the uncompromising ascetic to the unfathomable wonder-worker. While analyzing images of the monk in medieval China, the author addresses some questions encountered along the way: What are we to make of accounts in “eminent mon...(展开全部)

In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographies of Chinese Buddhist monks, from the uncompromising ascetic to the unfathomable wonder-worker. While analyzing images of the monk in medieval China, the author addresses some questions encountered along the way: What are we to make of accounts in “eminent mon...(展开全部)

色川大吉 1925年出生于日本千叶县。1948年毕业于东京大学文学部。日本近代史学家，开创了日本“民众史”“个人史”领域研究。著作有《明治精神史》《近代国家的出发》《一个人的昭和史》《历史的方法》《自由民权》《北村透谷》《欧亚大陆纪行思索》《我的圣地浪游》《立于废墟之上》《卡秋莎的青春》等多部作品，另有《色川大吉著作集》全五卷。。 译者 郭颖，厦门大学外文学院教师。

After the Warring States, treated in Part One of this set, there is no more fecund era in Chinese religious and cultural history than the period of division (220-589 AD). During it, Buddhism conquered China, Daoism grew into a mature religion with independent institutions, and, together with Confucianism, these three teachings, having each won its share of state recognition and...(展开全部)