Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Lo-Yang (eBook)

Hsuan-chih Yang (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
334 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5754-8 (ISBN)

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A Record of Buddhist Monasteries in Lo-yang (the Lo-Yang ch'ieh-lan chi) is a major document of Chinese history and literature. This translation of the sixth- century A.D. classic describes the main Buddhist monasteries and nunneries of Lo-yang and the political, economic, and social conditions at a time when that city was the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Library of Asian Translations
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Library of Asian Translations
• Übersetzer: Yi-t'ung Wang
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Agriculture (Chinese mythology) • Arthur Waley • Asceticism • Balhae • Barbarian • Bhikkhu • Bodhi • Bodhidharma • Bodhisattva • Brahmin • Buddha's Birthday • Buddhism • buddhist architecture • Buddhist art • Buddhist Studies • buddhist temple • buddhist texts • Chan Buddhism • Chang'an • Chih • China • chinese architecture • Chinese Buddhism • Chinese literature • Chongzhen Emperor • Civilisation (TV series) • Commandery (China) • Confucianism • Confucius • Cotton Tree (Sierra Leone) • Divination • eberhard • Empress Dowager Cixi • Empress Dowager Hu (Northern Wei) • Eunuch • Four Reigns • Funan (Southeast Asia) • Fu Sheng • Government buildings • government office • Harvard University • hindu mythology • Homer H. Dubs • Huisheng • I Ching • Imperial Guards (Tang dynasty) • Joseph Needham • Journey to the west • Kanishka • Kashyapa • Later Han (Five Dynasties) • Liu Bei • Liu Yao • Mahayana • mandate of heaven • Mang (caste) • Monastery • National Taiwan University • Nine Provinces (China) • Northern Wei • Pamir Mountains • Paramartha • Poetry • Posthumous name • Qing Dynasty • Qin Shi Huang • Records of the Grand Historian • REGICIDE • Richard Wilhelm (sinologist) • Rite • Sanskrit • Science and Civilisation in China • Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove • Shang dynasty • Shanshan • Shantung (fabric) • Sichuan • Song dynasty • Son of Heaven • Stupa • The Buddhist (TV channel) • The Empress Dowager • The Imperial Granary • the monastery • three kingdoms • Three Monks • Tian • Vassal • Wang Mang • Wang Su • Wanli Emperor • Warring States Period • Western Regions • Xuanzang • Yaksha • Yangtze • Yangzhou • Yin and Yang • Yu The Great • Zoroastrianism
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5754-6 / 1400857546
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5754-8 / 9781400857548