The Renewal of Buddhism in China : : Zhuhong and the Late Ming Synthesis / / Chün-fang Yü.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Yü, Chün-fang,
• MitwirkendeR: Stevenson, Daniel B.,
• 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
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 10 b&w illustrations

First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study of a Buddhist preacher and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under the Tang dynasty (618–907) an...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface to the Fortieth Anniversary Edition
• Preface to the Original Edition
• On the Illustrations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Zhuhong’s Life and Major Works
• 3. Zhuhong and the Joint Practice of Pure Land and Chan
• 4. Zhuhong and the Late Ming Lay Buddhist Movement
• 5. Syncretism in Action: Morality Books and The Record of Self- knowledge
• 6. The Condition of the Monastic Order in the Late Ming
• 7. Internal Causes of Monastic Decline in the Ming Dynasty
• 8. Zhuhong’s Monastic Reform: The Yunqi Monastery
• 9. Conclusion
• Appendix 1. A Translation of The Record of Self- knowledge
• Appendix 2. Personnel at Yunqi and Their Duties
• Appendix 3. Regulations Regarding Good Deeds and Punishments at Yunqi
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index