In the Land of Tigers and Snakes: Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions - Paperback
by Huaiyu Chen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Huaiyu ChenSeries:The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist StudiesPublish date:2023-03-21Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231202619ISBN-10:023120261XUPC:9780231202619Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:History, China, Sacred WritingsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMG2D35NX
In the Land of Tigers and Snakes: Living with Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions
Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist ideas and imagery to the Chinese context, writers reinterpreted and modified the meanings different creatures possessed. Medieval...
Series: The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhist Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231202619ISBN-10:023120261XUPC:9780231202619Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Buddhism, AsiaBook Topic:History, China, Sacred WritingsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCMG2D35NX
Huaiyu Chen is an associate professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of The Revival of Buddhist Monasticism in Medieval China (2007) and coeditor of Great Journeys Across the Pamir Mountains: A Festschrift in Honor of Zhang Guangda on His Eighty-fifth Birthday (2018), among other books.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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