The Renewal of Buddhism in China : : Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis / / Chün-fang Yü.
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 preacher and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) an...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
שנת הוצאה לאור: | 2020 |
שפה: | English |
סדרה: | The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
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תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource :; 10 b&w illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Fortieth Anniversary Edition -- Preface to the Original Edition -- On the Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Zhuhong’s Life and Major Works -- 3. Zhuhong and the Joint Practice of Pure Land and Chan -- 4. Zhuhong and the Late Ming Lay Buddhist Movement -- 5. Syncretism in Action: Morality Books and The Record of Self- knowledge -- 6. The Condition of the Monastic Order in the Late Ming -- 7. Internal Causes of Monastic Decline in the Ming Dynasty -- 8. Zhuhong’s Monastic Reform: The Yunqi Monastery -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. A Translation of The Record of Self- knowledge -- Appendix 2. Personnel at Yunqi and Their Duties -- Appendix 3. Regulations Regarding Good Deeds and Punishments at Yunqi -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
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סיכום: | 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 preacher 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. |
פורמט: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231552677 9783110710977 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110704778 9783110704570 |
DOI: | 10.7312/yu--19852 |
גישה: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Chün-fang Yü. |