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Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960-1279 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Out of the Cloister Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China 9601279 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
Author: Mark Halperin
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 texts shows, however, that many literati participated in intra-Buddhist d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674022652
ISBN-10: 0674022653
Publication Date: 10/15/2006
Pages: 400
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Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Book Type: Hardcover
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