Yongming Yanshou's conception of Chan in the Zongjing lu : a special transmission within the scriptures /
Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years. Albert Welter offers new insight into the significance of Yanshou and his major work, the Zongjing lu, by showing their critical role in the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Yongming Yanshou ranks among the great thinkers of the Chinese and East Asian Buddhist traditions, one whose legacy has endured for more than a thousand years. Albert Welter offers new insight into the significance of Yanshou and his major work, the Zongjing lu, by showing their critical role in the contested Buddhist and intellectual territories of the Five Dynasties and early Song dynasty China. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 381 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199842407 019984240X 9780199897322 0199897328 9786613057808 6613057800 1283057808 9781283057806 |