Thriving in crisis : Buddhism and political disruption in China, 1522-1620 /

"Scholars of Chinese Buddhism long disparaged late-imperial Buddhism, and Ming-era Buddhism in particular, as degenerate, part of a decline from the glories of the Sui-Tang Buddhism of sixth through the tenth centuries CE. In recent decades, scholars have challenged this narrative of decline an...

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书目详细资料
主要作者: Zhang, Dewei (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
语言:英语
出版: New York : Columbia University Press [2020]
丛编:Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
在线阅读:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/zhan19700
书本目录:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. Setting the Stage
  • 2. Emperor Jiajing (r. 1522-1566): A Four-Decade Persecutor
  • 3. Empress Dowager Cisheng (1545-1614): A Great Patron
  • 4. The Eunuchs: Organized but Not Always Reliable
  • 5. Scholar-Officials: Struggling for the Right Position
  • 6. Eminent Monks: Engaged in, or Entangled with the World?
  • 7. Temples: Evolving Under Influence
  • 8. Setbacks: Losing Beijing as a Growth Engine
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.