Buddhism in China - Collected Papers of Erik Zürcher

Buddhism in China gathers for the first time Erik Zürcher's most central papers on Chinese Buddhism, dealing with the translation and language of Buddhist scriptures, interactions with Daoist traditions, activities of Buddhists below elite social levels, and typological comparisons with Christianity.

About the author

Erik Zürcher (1928-2008), studied Sinology and Buddhology in Leiden and Paris and received his Ph.D. in 1959. From 1962 to 1993, Zürcher was Professor of History of East Asia at Leiden University and was Director of the Sinological Institute, between 1975 and 1990. He published extensively on early Chinese Buddhism, Daoism, and the reception of Christianity in seventeenth-century China.
Jonathan A. Silk, PhD (1994), University of Michigan, is Professor in the study of Buddhism at Leiden University. He publishes primarily on Mahāyāna Buddhism, especially its textual traditions from India onward to China and Tibet.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Zürcher
• Assisted by: Jonathan A Silk (Editor), Jonathan A. Silk (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2013
• EAN: 9789004250932
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25093-2
• No. of pages: 688
• Weight: 1188 g
• Series: Sinica Leidensia
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions