Buddhist Historiography in China - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:John KieschnickSeries:The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist StudiesPublish date:2022-07-26Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231205627ISBN-10:231205627UPC:9780231205627Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Asia, HistoriographyBook Topic:History, ChinaSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC353RE9SC
Winner, 2023 Toshihide Numata Book Award, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231205627ISBN-10:231205627UPC:9780231205627Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Asia, HistoriographyBook Topic:History, ChinaSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC353RE9SC
John Kieschnick is The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography (1997) and The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture (2003), and coeditor of India in the Chinese Imagination (2014).
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