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The Renewal of Buddhism in China
Author | : Chün-fang Yü |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780231552677 |
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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, Buddhism entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of innovative monks who sought to transcend sectarian rivalries and doctrinal specialization. She examines the life, work, and teaching of one of the most important of these monks, Zhuhong (1535–1615), a charismatic teacher of lay Buddhists and a successful reformer of monastic Buddhism. Zhuhong’s contributions demonstrate that the late Ming was one of the most creative periods in Chinese intellectual and religious history. Weaving together diverse sources—scriptures, dynastic history, Buddhist chronicles, monks’ biographies, letters, ritual manuals, legal codes, and literature—Yü grounds Buddhism in the reality of Ming society, highlighting distinctive lay Buddhist practices to provide a vivid portrait of lived religion. Since the book was published four decades ago, many have written on the diversity of Buddhist beliefs and practices in the centuries before and after Zhuhong’s time, yet The Renewal of Buddhism in China remains a crucial touchstone for all scholarship on post-Tang Buddhism. This fortieth anniversary edition features updated transliteration, a foreword by Daniel B. Stevenson, and an updated introduction by the author speaking to the ongoing relevance of this classic work.
The Renewal of Buddhism in China Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis
Author | : CHUN-FANG. YU,Daniel B. Stevenson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2020-11-24 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0231198523 |
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The Renewal of Buddhism in China
Author | : Chün-fang Yü |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 1981-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0231049722 |
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Chinese Buddhism
Author | : Chün-fang Yü |
Publsiher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780824881580 |
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What are the foundational scriptures and major schools for Chinese Buddhists? What divinities do they worship? What festivals do they celebrate? These are some of the basic questions addressed in this book, the first introduction to Chinese Buddhism written expressly for students and those interested in an accessible yet authoritative overview of the subject based on current scholarship. After presenting the basic tenets of the Buddha’s teachings and the Chinese religious traditions, the book focuses on topics essential for understanding Chinese Buddhism: major scriptures, worship of buddhas and bodhisattvas, rituals and festivals, the monastic order, Buddhist schools such as Tiantai and Chan, Buddhism and gender, and current trends—notably humanistic Buddhism in Taiwan and the resurgence of Buddhism in post-Mao China. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. A convenient glossary of common terms, titles, and names is included.
Buddhism in China
Author | : Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en |
Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2020-07-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780691216058 |
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CONTENTS: Preface. Table of Chinese Dynasties. Maps of Dynasties. Introduction, Growth and Domestication. Maturity and Acceptance. Decline. Conclusion. Glossary. Chinese Names and Titles. Bibliography. Index.
Chinese Buddhism
Author | : Joseph Edkins |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781136378812 |
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Thriving in Crisis
Author | : Dewei Zhang |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2020-05-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231551939 |
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Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907). In recent scholarship, a more nuanced picture of late Ming-era Buddhist renewal has emerged. Yet this alternate conception of the history of Buddhism in China has tended to focus on either doctrinal contributions of individual masters or the roles of local elites in Jiangnan, leaving unsolved broader questions regarding the dynamics and mechanism behind the evolution of Buddhism into the renewal. Thriving in Crisis is a systematic study of the late Ming Buddhist renewal with a focus on the religious and political factors that enabled it to happen. Dewei Zhang explores the history of the boom in enthusiasm for Buddhism in the Jiajing-Wanli era (1522–1620), tracing a pattern of advances and retrenchment at different social levels in varied regions. He reveals that the Buddhist renewal was a dynamic movement that engaged a wide swath of elites, from emperors and empress dowagers to eunuchs and scholar-officials. Drawing on a range of evidence and approaches, Zhang contends that the late Ming renewal was a politically driven exception to a longer-term current of disfavor toward Buddhism and that it failed to establish Buddhism on a foundation solid enough for its future development. A groundbreaking interdisciplinary study, Thriving in Crisis provides a new theoretical framework for understanding the patterns of Buddhist history in China.
Toward a Modern Chinese Buddhism
Author | : Don Alvin Pittman |
Publsiher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0824822315 |
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The Venerable Master Taixu (1890-1947) is the most important and controversial Chinese Buddhist reformer of the 20th century. This work focuses on his teachings and provides an interpretation of Taixu's aims and the diverse controversies that surrounded him.