Buddhism in China: Collected Papers of Erik Zürcher - Couverture souple

Zürcher, Erik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9004274715 ISBN 13 : 9789004274716

Editeur : Brill, 2014

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Erik Zürcher (1928-2008), studied Sinology and Buddhology in Leiden and Paris and received his Ph.D. in 1959. From 1962-1993, Zürcher was a professor of history of East Asia at the Leiden University. He was also Director of the Sinological Institute, between 1975 and 1990. He published extensively on early Chinese Buddhism, Daoism, and the reception of Christianity in seventeenth-century China. Jonathan A. Silk, PhD (1994), University of Michigan, is Professor in the study of Buddhism at Leiden University. He publishes primarily on Mahyna Buddhism, especially its textual traditions from India onward to China and Tibet.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Buddhism in China gathers for the first time Erik Zürchers most central papers on Chinese Buddhism, dealing with the translation and language of Buddhist scriptures, interactions with Daoist traditions, activities of Buddhists below elite social levels, and typological comparisons with Christianity.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9004274715
• ISBN 13: 9789004274716
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 688