Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century

For four decades Sources of Chinese Tradition has served to introduce Western readers to Chinese civilization as it has been seen through basic wri...

A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has...

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Erik J. Hammerstrom recasts the history of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism by examining how Huayan Buddhism was imagined, taught, and practiced ...

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