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Out of the cloister : literati perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279 /

"The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." In contrast, the Sung is often seen as an age in which the literati distanced themselves from Buddhism. This study of Sung devotional...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Halperin, Mark, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 272.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Views from the T'ang
  • Protecting the Dharma
  • Imperial shrines
  • Deplorable displays and edifying exempla
  • Personal matters.