Author: D. Devahuti
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a collection of translations from original Chinese and Uigur sources on the Buddhist scholar Hsuan-Tsang's life after his return to China from India in AD 645. The editor has provided a commentary that historically contextualizes the documents examined, as well as a biographical sketch of the traveller.
Author: John Kieschnick
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1997-07-01
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780824818418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographies of Chinese Buddhist monks, from the uncompromising ascetic to the unfathomable wonder-worker. While analyzing images of the monk in medieval China, the author addresses some questions encountered along the way: What are we to make of accounts in “eminent monk” collections of deviant monks who violate monastic precepts? Who wrote biographies of monks and who read them? How did different segments of Chinese society contend for the image of the monk and which image prevailed? By placing biographies of monks in the context of Chinese political and religious rhetoric, The Eminent Monk explores both the role of Buddhist literature in Chinese history and the monastic imagination that inspired this literature.
Author: Sally Wriggins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-06-11
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1000011097
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, who completed an epic sixteen-year journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India, is a splendid story of human struggle and triumph. One of China's great heroes, Xuanzang is introduced here for the first time to Western readers in this richly illustrated book.
Author: Mishi Saran
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2012-07
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780143064398
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Author: Huaiyu Chen
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780820486246
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Author: Yijing
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9788120807020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ciguang (Shi)
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 9789811461859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: 慧立
Publisher: BDK America
Published: 1995-08
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Tripitaka Master Xuanzang (A.D. 600-64), whose deeds and career as a Buddhist monk are described in this biography, was a prominent figure not only in the history of Buddhist learning but also in other fields of culture. He played a role in the establishment of friendly contacts between China and the countries through which he traveled in search of more knowledge of Buddhism and incidentally but not insignificantly provided posterity with data of historical value in his detailed records about regions in central Asia and particularly in ancient India. He is thus respected not only by the Buddhists and people of China but also by the peoples of other eastern Asian countries who have benefited from the Buddhist lore that he acquired through many hardships and perils during his seventeen-year journey, from 629 to 645, in foreign lands. Because of his translation of Buddhist text into Chinese, Xuanzang was an epoch-making figure in the history of Buddhism in China. Huili, the author of this biography, was born in 614 and became a monk at the age of fifteen. Out of his admiration for the Venerable Xuanzang, he wrote this biography about how the Master went to India to seek Buddhist texts and translate them into Chinese. The biography relates events up to the Master's arrival in the capital at the conclusion of his return journey from India and was compiled and edited by the monk Yancong, who added five fascicles to the original to relate the Master's activities after his return to China up to his death. He thus produced a more complete biography of the Venerable Tripitaka Master Xuanzang, which is presented here in the English version.
Author: KAKHUN
Publisher: Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published: 2016-12-01
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 8993360995
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Digital Library of Korean Classics is a project undertaken by Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea) to digitalize selected translated titles of Korean classics published in the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. LTI Korea is an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Korea that seeks to promote Korean literature and culture around the world. This e-book was made by scanning and converting the original book using OCR software. We have made every effort to ensure the book is free of any errors or omissions, but if you discover any, please email us so that we can improve the quality of the book.