The Buddhist conquest of China : : the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China / / by E. Zürcher ; with a foreword by Stephen F. Teiser.

• Superior document: Sinica Leidensia, v. 11
• Author: Zürcher, E.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sinica Leidensia ; v. 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 472 pages) :; maps.

'The reprinting in 2007 of a book originally produced nearly fifty years earlier (and based on a doctoral dissertation begun in the early 1950's) is not merely a publishing event. It constitutes a milestone in the academic study of early Chinese Buddhism that shows at once both how far the field has progressed in the past half-century as well as how fundamental the book remains.' (From the new Introduction.) At the repeated request of many scholars and students here is a new edition of E. Zürcher's groundbreaking The Buddhist Conquest of China . In his extensive introduction Stephen F. Teiser (D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University) explains why the book is still the standard in the field of early Chinese Buddhism. The introduction, newly written for this edition, analyzes the development of the field from the 1950's to the present. This edition is also updated by utilizing Pinyin (rather than the Wade-Giles system of the first two editions) for the transcription of Chinese and by including a thorough bibliography of E. Zürcher's more recent work.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / E. Zürcher -- Chapter One. Introductory Remarks / E. Zürcher -- Chapter Two. An Historical Survey From The First To The Beginning Of The Fourth Century Ad / E. Zürcher -- Chapter Three. Buddhism At Jiankang And In The South-East, Ca. 320–420 / E. Zürcher -- Chapter Four. The Centres At Xiangyang, Jiangling And Lu Shan, And The Influence Of Northern Buddhism / E. Zürcher -- Chapter Five. \'In The Defense Of Faith\', Anti-Clericalism And Buddhist Apologetic In The Fourth And Early Fifth Century / E. Zürcher -- Chapter Six. \'The Conversion Of The Barbarians\', The Early History Of A Buddho-Daoist Conflict / E. Zürcher -- Notes / E. Zürcher -- Index Of Chinese Names And Terms / E. Zürcher -- Index Of Names And Terms Other Than Chinese / E. Zürcher -- Additions And Corrections / E. Zürcher.