于君方（Chün-fang Yü） 臺灣東海大學畢業，哥倫比亞大學博士學位。哥倫比亞大學宗教系榮譽退休教授，現為中央研究院院士。多年從事漢傳佛教的研究，包括漢傳佛教思想、制度、儀軌，佛教與社會諸課題，對佛教的漢化、佛教與釋道之間的互動、佛教與性別特別有興趣。 主要著作包括 The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-hung and the Late Ming Synthesis（《漢傳佛教復興——雲棲袾宏及明末融合》）；The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 8, “The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644”（《劍橋中國明代史1368-1644（下卷）》第十四章〈明代佛教〉）；合編Pilgrims and Sacred Sitesin China（《中國進香與朝聖之地》...(展开全部)

First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and steadily declined afterward. Chün-fang Yü details how in sixteenth-century China...(展开全部)

An unprecedented passion for saving lives swept through late Ming society, giving rise to charitable institutions that transcended family, class, and religious boundaries. Analyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, Joanna Handlin Smith abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest and examine...(展开全部)

卜正明，先后毕业于多伦多大学和哈佛大学。1986年任教于多伦多大学历史系，并于1997—1999年期间任斯坦福大学历史系教授。主要从事亚洲历史和文化的研究，研究领域涉及明代的社会和文化史、二战时期日本在中国的占领，以及当代人权问题。

The last century of China's Ming dynasty (1368-1644) saw many troubles and challenges from abroad. Pirates raided the coast, Europeans challenged the traditional world order of the tribute system, and the everlasting threat from the northern steppe people continued to raise concerns for the state. This climate of uncertainty resulted in many Ming literati discussing foreign cou...(展开全部)

施坚雅教授(G.William Skinner)，美国国家科学院院士、戴维斯加州大学人类学系教授,于2008年10月26日因病逝世，享年83岁。施坚雅教授一生致立于人类学、人口学和历史经济区划等研究，著述斗盛，在国际学术界享有崇高的声誉。 1925年2月14日施出生于美国加州奥克兰。1954年于美国康奈尔大学获人类学博士学位，先后任哥伦比亚大学社会学助教、康奈尔大学人类学副教授、教授，1965年起任斯坦福大学人类学教授，1990年至今任加州大学戴维斯分校人类学教授，其间曾任宾夕法尼亚大学、杜克大学、日本庆应大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、香港大学客座教授。 施坚雅教授曾在墨西哥、泰国、印度尼西亚、日本等地进行田野考察。1950-1951年曾到中国四川考察，1977年曾考察中国城市市场。1968年列名《美国名人录》，1969年被授予古根海姆学者，1980年...(展开全部)

"In a sweeping overview of four centuries of Mongolian history that draws on previously untapped sources, Johan Elverskog opens up totally new perspectives on some of the most urgent questions historians have recently raised about the role of Buddhism in the constitution of the Qing empire. Theoretically informed and strongly comparative in approach, Elverskog’s work tells a fa...(展开全部)

Iconoclastic scholar Li Zhi (1527–1602) was a central figure in the cultural world of the late Ming dynasty. His provocative and controversial words and actions shaped print culture, literary practice, attitudes toward gender, and perspectives on Buddhism and the afterlife. Although banned, his writings were never fully suppressed, because they tapped into issues of vital signi...(展开全部)