Buddhism in China
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Collected Papers of Erik Zurcher
Erik Zurcher
overview
Buddhism in China gathers together for the first time the most central and influential papers of the great scholar of Chinese Buddhism, Erik Zürcher, presenting the results of his career-long profound studies following on the 1959 publication of his landmark The Buddhist Conquest of China. The translation and language of Buddhist scriptures in China, Buddhist interactions with Daoist traditions, the activities of Buddhists below elite social levels, continued interactions with Central Asia and lands to the west, and typological comparisons with Christianity are only some of the themes explored here. Presenting some of the most important studies on Buddhism in China, especially in the earlier periods, ever published, it will thus be of interest to a wide variety of readers.
contents
Preliminary Material pp i –xii
Introduction pp 1 –25
Late Han Vernacular Elements in the Earliest Buddhist Translations [7] pp 27 –61
Life of the Buddha [8] pp 63 –87
Buddhism in a Pre-Modern Bureaucratic Empire: The Chinese Experience [9] pp 89 –103
Buddhist Influence on Early Daoism: A Survey of Scriptural Evidence [10] pp 105 –164
Eschatology and Messianism in Early Chinese Buddhism [11] pp 165 –185
“Prince Moonlight”: Messianism and Eschatology in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism [12] pp 187 –257
Perspectives in the Study of Chinese Buddhism [13] pp 259 –277
Mahā-Cīna: The Buddhist Reinterpretation of the History of China [16] pp 279 –293
Buddhism and Education in Tang Times [22] pp 295 –337
The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Culture in an Historical Perspective [23] pp 339 –351
Han Buddhism and the Western Region [24] pp 353 –376 The Spread of Buddhism and Christianity in Imperial China: Spontaneous Diffusion Versus Guided Propagation [25] pp 377 –391
Nuns and Convents in Old Chinese Buddhism [26] pp 393 –417
A New Look at the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Texts [27] pp 419 –445
A New Preface to The Buddhist Conquest of China [2a] pp 447 –455
Obscure Texts on Favourite Topics. Dao’an’s Anonymous Scriptures [29] pp 457 –475
Buddhist Art in Medieval China: The Ecclesiastical View [31] pp 477 –512
Vernacular Elements in Early Buddhist Texts: An Attempt to Define the Optimal Source Materials [32] pp 513 –537
Buddhism Across Boundaries: The Foreign Input [35] pp 539 –566
Xu Guangqi and Buddhism [36] pp 567 –583
Tidings from the South Chinese Court Buddhism and Overseas Relations in the Fifth Century CE [37] pp 585 –607
Buddhist Chanhui and Christian Confession in Seventeenth-Century China [38] pp 609 –635
Review
R. Robinson, Early Mādhyamika in India and China (1967) [39] pp 637 –640 Mélanges de sinologie offerts à Monsieur Paul Demiéville II (1974) [40] pp 641 –647
Timothy Brook, Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China (1993) [41] pp 648 –653
Kuo Li-ying, Confession et Contrition dans le bouddhisme chinois du Ve au Xe siècle (1994) [42] pp 654 –658
Antonino Forte, The Hostage An Shigao and his Offspring: An Iranian Family in China (1995) [43] pp 659 –662
Index of Names and Places pp 663 –669
Index of Text Titles pp 670 –672
Index of Buddhist Technical Terms pp 673 –675
Index of Linguistic Phenomena pp 676 –676