Thriving in Crisis : : Buddhism and Political Disruption in China, 1522–1620 /

Thriving in Crisis : : Buddhism and Political Disruption in China, 1522–1620 / / Dewei Zhang.

Late imperial Chinese Buddhism was long dismissed as having declined from the glories of Buddhism during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581–907). In recent scholarship, a more nuanced picture of late Ming-era Buddhist renewal has emerged. Yet this alternate conception of the history of Buddhism in Chin...

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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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Zhang, Dewei,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 10 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Setting the Stage
  • 2. Emperor Jiajing (r. 1522– 1566): A Four- Decade Persecutor
  • 3. Empress Dowager Cisheng (1545– 1614): A Great Patron
  • 4. The Eunuchs: Organized but Not Always Reliable
  • 5. Scholar- Officials: Struggling for the Right Position
  • 6. Eminent Monks: Engaged in, or Entangled with the World?
  • 7. Temples: Evolving Under Influence
  • 8. Setbacks: Losing Beijing as a Growth Engine
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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