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Buddhist Historiography in China (Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

Description: Since the early days of Buddhism in China, monastics and laity alike have expressed a profound concern with the past. In voluminous historical works, they attempted to determine as precisely as possible the dates of events in the Buddha's life, seeking to iron out discrepancies in varying accounts and pinpoint when he delivered which sermons. Buddhist writers chronicled the history of the Dharma in China as well, compiling biographies of eminent monks and nuns and detailing the rise and decline in the religion's fortunes under various rulers. They searched for evidence of karma in the historical record and drew on prophecy to explain the past.John Kieschnick provides an innovative, expansive account of how Chinese Buddhists have sought to understand their history through a Buddhist lens. Exploring a series of themes in mainstream Buddhist historiographical works from the fifth to the twentieth century, he looks not so much for what they reveal about the people and events they describe as for what they tell us about their compilers' understanding of history. Kieschnick examines how Buddhist doctrines influenced the search for the underlying principles driving history, the significance of genealogy in Buddhist writing, and the transformation of Buddhist historiography in the twentieth century. This book casts new light on the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism and on Buddhists' understanding of the past.

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EAN: 9780231205634

UPC: 9780231205634

ISBN: 9780231205634

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Format: Paperback, 296 pages

Author: John Kieschnick

Book Title: Buddhist Historiography in China (Sheng Yen Series

Item Height: 2.4 cm

Item Length: 23.2 cm

Item Weight: 0.38 kg

Item Width: 15.2 cm

Language: Eng

Publisher: Columbia University Press

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