Buddhists across Asia have often aspired to die with a clear and focused mind, as the historical Buddha himself is said to have done. This book explores how the ideal of dying with right mindfulness was appropriated, disseminated, and transformed in premodern Japan, focusing on the late tenth through early fourteenth centuries. By concentrating one’s thoughts on the Buddha in o...(展开全部)

andbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan spans the beginning of the Kamakura period in 1185 through the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) period in 1868. The medieval and early modern eras in Japan were largely shaped by the rise of the warrior class. After 1603, with the founding of the Tokugawa shogunate, Japanese culture changed dramatically, but as cities grew and merchan...(展开全部)

Framed by the decline of the Heian aristocracy in the late 1100s and the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 1600s, Japan's medieval era was a chaotic period of diffuse political power and frequent military strife. This instability prevented central authorities from regulating trade, issuing currency, enforcing contracts, or guaranteeing property rights. But the lack of...(展开全部)

许理和 Erik Zürcher (1928-2008），荷兰莱顿大学教授。1959年以《佛教征服中国》获得博士学位，该书于当年出版后久享盛誉。1962年任莱顿大学东亚史教授，1969年创设莱顿大学汉学院现代中国资料中心，1974-1990年任该校汉学院院长，期间还 兼 任该校中文系主任、《通报》主编。其最大的兴趣是“当东方遇到西方”，既研究佛教在中国的传播与适应，也探讨明末清初耶稣会来华史，设法了解中国在接受外来影响时的反应与适应过程。还著有《中国耶稣会士传记，约1580—1680》、《佛教、基督教与中国社会》、《佛教：在词语、地图与图片里的起源与传播》等。

许理和 Erik Zürcher (1928-2008），荷兰莱顿大学教授。1959年以《佛教征服中国》获得博士学位，该书于当年出版后久享盛誉。1962年任莱顿大学东亚史教授，1969年创设莱顿大学汉学院现代中国资料中心，1974-1990年任该校汉学院院长，期间还 兼 任该校中文系主任、《通报》主编。其最大的兴趣是“当东方遇到西方”，既研究佛教在中国的传播与适应，也探讨明末清初耶稣会来华史，设法了解中国在接受外来影响时的反应与适应过程。还著有《中国耶稣会士传记，约1580—1680》、《佛教、基督教与中国社会》、《佛教：在词语、地图与图片里的起源与传播》等。

Chinese food is one of the most recognizable and widely consumed cuisines in the world. Almost no town on earth is without a Chinese restaurant of some kind, and Chinese canned, frozen, and preserved foods are available in shops from Nairobi to Quito. But the particulars of Chinese cuisine vary widely from place to place as its major ingredients and techniques have been adapted...(展开全部)

Chinese food is one of the most recognizable and widely consumed cuisines in the world. Almost no town on earth is without a Chinese restaurant of some kind, and Chinese canned, frozen, and preserved foods are available in shops from Nairobi to Quito. But the particulars of Chinese cuisine vary widely from place to place as its major ingredients and techniques have been adapted...(展开全部)

In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states-the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visua...(展开全部)