In the Land of Tigers and Snakes - Living With Animals in Medieval Chinese Religions

About the author

Huaiyu Chen is an associate professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of The Revival of Buddhist Monasticism in Medieval China (2007) and coeditor of Great Journeys Across the Pamir Mountains: A Festschrift in Honor of Zhang Guangda on His Eighty-fifth Birthday (2018), among other books.

Summary

Huaiyu Chen examines how Buddhist ideas about animals changed and were changed by medieval Chinese culture. He explores the entangled relations among animals, religions, the state, and local communities, considering both the multivalent meanings associated with animals and the daily experience of living with the natural world.

Product details

• Authors: Huaiyu Chen, Huaiyu (Book Review Editor Chen
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.03.2023
• EAN: 9780231202602
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20260-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; China, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings, c 1000 CE to c 1500, East Asian religions, Oriental Religions