Out of the cloister : literati perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279 /

"The intense piety of late T'ang essays on Buddhism by literati has helped earn the T'ang its title of the "golden age of Chinese Buddhism." In contrast, the Sung is often seen as an age in which the literati distanced themselves from Buddhism. This study of Sung devotional...

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Main Author: Halperin, Mark, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 272.
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