This is the first study in a Western language devoted to one of the most visually distinctive features of the landscape in China--moya or moya shike, texts carved into granite boulders and cliffs that are part of the natural terrain at thousands of sites of historic or scenic interest. These inscriptions, carved in large, bold characters, served as a vast repository of texts pr...(展开全部)

This is the first study in a Western language devoted to one of the most visually distinctive features of the landscape in China--moya or moya shike, texts carved into granite boulders and cliffs that are part of the natural terrain at thousands of sites of historic or scenic interest. These inscriptions, carved in large, bold characters, served as a vast repository of texts pr...(展开全部)

The Chinese territory is densely meshed with holy sites (mountains, caves, springs...) where the gods manifest themselves and where pilgrims come to meet them. The present volume, the result of a Franco-Japanese conference held in Paris in 2017, includes fifteen chapters in French and English, exploring the conceptions and practices at these holy sites; they build the analysis ...(展开全部)

The Chinese territory is densely meshed with holy sites (mountains, caves, springs...) where the gods manifest themselves and where pilgrims come to meet them. The present volume, the result of a Franco-Japanese conference held in Paris in 2017, includes fifteen chapters in French and English, exploring the conceptions and practices at these holy sites; they build the analysis ...(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。

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。

In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist “meditation masters” (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the bas...(展开全部)

In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist “meditation masters” (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist meditation practice in East Asia. The forms of contemplative practice that these missionaries brought with them, and which their Chinese students further developed, remained for several centuries the bas...(展开全部)