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History of the Formation of Early Chinese Buddhism: A Study on Discourse Characteristics

History of the Formation of Early Chinese Buddhism: A Study on Discourse Characteristics

Hur, In-Sub
Dziwenka, Ronald
Choi, Alexander

Hardcover

BuddhismChinese HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1666944815
ISBN13: 9781666944815
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Oct 16 2023
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The History of the Formation of Early Chinese Buddhism: A Study on Discourse Characteristics analyzes the process of the sinicization of Buddhism. It provides a comprehensive investigation on how the perceived similarities between Buddhism and Daoism originated and how traditional Daoist terminologies were applied in the translation of Buddhist texts. By doing so, the text critiques the Daoistization of Buddhism and also offers a comparative overview of the general human ways of thinking in India and China by focusing on the relationship between universal ways of understanding the world during the Wei-Jin era. By analyzing commentaries by scholarly Chinese monks in the Wei-Jin era, and the philosophical nature of Neo-Daoism thought that played the most direct role in the Chinese transformation of Buddhism, this book is an attempt to understand why discourses on topics such as imperishability of the spirit became main discussion topics in early Chinese Buddhism.

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