A Brief History of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist Thought
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69316-6 (ISBN)
This book provides a comprehensive but concise introduction to Chinese Buddhism and the study of Buddhism in China: their Indic roots, their Sinicization, the development and philosophies of the three central lineages, the natural exchange between Buddhist cultures and schools of thought, the foundations of Buddhist studies in China, and the chief schools and sects in Chinese Buddhism as well as their characteristics and ethos.
HONG Xiuping is Distinguished Professor of Nanjing University and a doctoral supervisor. He is mainly engaged in teaching and research on Chinese philosophy, religion, and culture. He has published numerous academic works at home and abroad, including A History of Chinese Buddhist Culture. Jack Hargreaves is a writer and Mandarin-English translator specialising in literary and academic texts. Darcy Littler, a translator and PhD researcher at SOAS, University of London, specialises in Chinese Buddhism and Daoism. His current research explores the role of the Three Teachings within the internal alchemy communities of late-Qing Sichuan.
1 The Indian Roots of Chinese Buddhism
1 Śākyamuni and the Founding of Buddhism
2 The Division and Development of Indian Buddhism
3 The Spread of Indian Buddhism Overseas
2 The Advent of Chinese Buddhism in the Han and Wei Dynasties
1 The Early Spread of Buddhism and the First Encounters between Chinese and Indian Cultures
2 The Introduction and Translation of the Two Main Systems of Buddhist Doctrine during the Han Dynasty
3 Further Development of Buddhism during the Three Kingdoms and the Western and Eastern Jin Dynasties
4 The Convergence of Xuanxue and Buddhism and the Rise of Chinese Buddhist Scholars
3 The Development of Buddhism in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Multitude of Buddhist Schools
1 The Flourishing of Buddhism and the Different Characteristics of Northern and Southern Buddhism
2 Studying and Lecturing on the Sūtras and Śāstras and the Buddhist Schools
3 Buddhism Merges and Conflicts with Confucianism and Daoism
4 The Spread of Buddhist Belief among the People
4 The Flourishing of Buddhism and the Founding of Buddhist Schools during the Sui and Tang Dynasties
1 Imperial Policy on the Three Teachings and the Prosperity of Buddhism
2 The Establishment of Buddhist Sects and the Eight Mahāyāna Sects
3 Further Development of Buddhist Social Activities
4 New Developments in Relationship between the Three Teachings
5 From Prosperity to Decline: Buddhism in the Song, Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties
1 The Continued Development of Buddhism Amid Decline
2 The Harmonization of Chan and Pure Land Teachings and the Integration of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism
3 The Penetration of Buddhism into Social and Cultural Life
6 Decline and Secularization of Buddhism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
1 The Decline of Buddhism in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
2 The Unification of the Three Teachings and the Four Great Monks of the Ming Dynasty
3 The Secularization of Buddhism
4 The Rise of Lay Buddhism
7 Revival Amidst Decline
1 Buddhism’s Decline and the Revival of Buddhist Culture
2 Taixu and the Buddhist Reform Movement
3 The Promotion of Humanistic Buddhism and Its Historical Impact
8 Buddhism in Non-Han Territories
1 Tibetan Buddhism
2 Theravāda Buddhism in Yunnan
3 Mahāyāna in Non-Han Regions
4 The Characteristics of Non-Han Buddhism
9 The Foundation of Buddhist Studies in China
1 Foundational Theories and Doctrine
2 Two Core Strands of Chinese Buddhist Thought
10 The Tiantai School and the Theory of All-Inclusive Nature
1 “Combining the Three Vehicles in One” and the “Equal Importance of Cessation and Observation”
2 The “Perfect Harmony of the Three Truths” and “Three Thousand Realms in a Single Thought-Instance”
3 “Nature of Good and Evil” and the “Nature of the Non-Sentient”
11 The Faxiang (Weishi) School
1 The “Three Natures and Three Non-Natures” and “Consciousness-Only Overturning the Base”
2 “Five-Fold Consciousness-Only” and the “Five Lineages”
3 The “Five Stages and Hundred Dharmas” and the “Science of Logical Causality”
12 The Huayan School and Theory of the Dharma Realm
1 The Dharma Realm as Conditioned Co-Arising and the Theory of Nature Origination
2 The Three Contemplations of the Dharma Realm and the Four Dharma Realms
3 Six Perfectly Integrated Characteristics and the Ten Mystery Gates
13 The Chan School and the Mind-Nature Theory
1 The Philosophy of the Five Chinese Patriarchs
2 Shenxiu’s Northern School: Stopping Delusion and Cultivating the Mind
3 Huineng’s Southern School: Sudden Enlightenment
14 Tibetan Buddhist Thought and Theravāda Buddhism in Yunnan
1 Tibetan Buddhist Thought
2 Theravādan Buddhist Thought in Yunnan
15 The Characteristics and Ethos of Chinese Buddhism
1 Key Features of Chinese Buddhism
2 Chinese Buddhism’s Foundational Ethos
3 The Modern Significance of Chinese Buddhism
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Brill's Humanities in China Library ; 18 |
| Übersetzer | Jack Hargreaves, Darcy Littler |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 725 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-69316-5 / 9004693165 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-69316-6 / 9789004693166 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
