Chinese Buddhist Canons in the Age of Printing

ISBN-13: 9781032086637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 164 str.

Darui Long; Jinhua Chen

Opis

This book focuses on the communication of the Chinese Buddhist Canon through the medium of print and enhances our knowledge of how the canon was collated, proofread and printed. It was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Chinese Religions.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Chinese Buddhist canon: approaches to its compilation  2. An analysis of the content and characteristics of the Chinese Buddhist canon  3. The master–disciple relationship between Huisi and Jingwan  4. Manuscripts, printed canons, and extra-canonical sources: a case study based on a biography from the Xu Gaoseng Zhuan (Further Biographies of Eminent Monks) by Daoxuan 道宣 (596–667)  5. The secret scriptures in both the Qisha Canon and Puning Canon  6. The Yongle Northern Canon and its donors  7. Features and significance of compiling the Newly Collated and Annotated Catalog of the Buddhist Canon  8. The Foguang Buddhist Canon: the unique and creative classification of Buddhist works

O autorze

Darui Long is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of the West, Los Angeles, USA.

Jinhua Chen is Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.