Articles liés à Chinese Monks in India: Biography of Eminent Monks...

Chinese Monks in India: Biography of Eminent Monks Who Went to the Western World in Search of the Law During the Great T'Ang Dynasty - Couverture rigide

I-Ching, Alex

 
9788120800625: Chinese Monks in India: Biography of Eminent Monks Who Went to the Western World in Search of the Law During the Great T'Ang Dynasty
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 8120800621 ISBN 13 : 9788120800625
Editeur : Motilal Banarsidass Publications, 1995

Synopsis

The Sino-Indian cultural relation began through Buddhism. It was a common ground for intellectual and spiritual interest and intercourse between India and China. The present work is a translation of a seventh-century text Kao-Seng-Chuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks) by the renowned Chinese monk-scholar I-ching (A.D. 614-713). It consists of biographies of fifty-six monks. Among the chinese pilgrim-monk-scholars who visited India, Fa-hsien, Hsuan-chuang and I-ching are best known for having played the greatest role in the history of Sino-Indian cultural relation. However, the fifty-six monks whose adventurous travels and experiences are recorded in this book are no less important as active promoters of the most cordial relations between the two great countries. Most of these fifty-six monks from China visited India on pilgrimage and for collection of texts to enrich Buddhist literature in their own homeland. In this book I-ching has also given a vivid, though not full-length, description of the premier University of Nalanda attracted the Chinese monks in a large number for higher studies. Written with insight, realism and clarity, I-ching's book is thought provoking. All these features are carefully preserved in this translation which will no doubt evoke interest among scholars as well as general readers.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Sino-Indian cultural relation began through Buddhism. It was a common ground for intellectual and spiritual interest and intercourse between India and China. The present work is a translation of a seventh-century text Kao-Seng-Chuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks) by the renowned Chinese monk-scholar I-ching (A.D. 614-713). It consists of biographies of fifty-six monks. Among the chinese pilgrim-monk-scholars who visited India, Fa-hsien, Hsuan-chuang and I-ching are best known for having played the greatest role in the history of Sino-Indian cultural relation. However, the fifty-six monks whose adventurous travels and experiences are recorded in this book are no less important as active promoters of the most cordial relations between the two great countries. Most of these fifty-six monks from China visited India on pilgrimage and for collection of texts to enrich Buddhist literature in their own homeland. In this book I-ching has also given a vivid, though not full-length, description of the premier University of Nalanda attracted the Chinese monks in a large number for higher studies. Written with insight, realism and clarity, I-ching's book is thought provoking. All these features are carefully preserved in this translation which will no doubt evoke interest among scholars as well as general readers.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Motilal Banarsidass Publications
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
8120800621
ISBN 13 
9788120800625
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
187
Éditeur
Wayman Alex
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible