Abstract: Having recovered from political persecution and resolved problems within the sangha, Buddhism reached a summit in its development during Sui and Early Tang China (581-755). Daoxuan (596-667) played an unparalleled role in shaping the direction of Buddhist history during the medieval period through both his rich writings and his innovations of monastic rituals and regu...(展开全部)

Of all the world's major religions, Chinese Buddhism has probably experienced the most traumatic modernization. The establishment of a communist state quickly emerged from the self-contained Manchu Empire. The consequences are described in this book. Holmes Welch offers the first detailed account of the careers of recent Buddhist leaders and of the diverse organization they sta...(展开全部)

Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect. During the same period, however, many of these sites were reconstructed, a process that involved both rebuilding material structures and reviving religious communities. The conventionally accepted narrative of Chinese ...(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。

Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Buddhist poet-monks, who first appeared in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China, ...(展开全部)

The Lotus Sutra has been the most widely read and most revered Buddhist scripture in East Asia since its translation in the third century. The miracles and parables in the "king of sutras" inspired a variety of images in China, in particular the sweeping compositions known as transformation tableaux that developed between the seventh and ninth centuries. Surviving examples in m...(展开全部)

The Lotus Sutra has been the most widely read and most revered Buddhist scripture in East Asia since its translation in the third century. The miracles and parables in the "king of sutras" inspired a variety of images in China, in particular the sweeping compositions known as transformation tableaux that developed between the seventh and ninth centuries. Surviving examples in m...(展开全部)

The first complete translation of China's earliest and most influential monastic code.

Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as precisely as possible the dates of events in the Buddha’s life, seeking to iron out discrepancies in varying accounts and pinpoint when he delivered which sermons. Buddhist writers chronicled the his...(展开全部)