Chinese Buddhism
Subtitle: A Volume of Ssketches, historical, descriptive and critical
By: by Rev. Joseph Edkins, D.D., ...
Edition: Reprint/Facsimile of 2nd, rev. edition.
Series: Gorgias Reprint Series, Vol. 20
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Published: August 15, 2003
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9781931956017
Subjects: Buddhism; History: World; History; Religion - World Religions; China; Buddhism - General; Religion / Buddhism; Asia - China
Description: Joseph Edkins, who wrote extensively on the Buddhists, gives a thorough descriptive account of Chinese Buddhism. He describes its history and the schools of Chinese Buddhists. The author relies very much on Buddhist literature in describing the faith's moral system, calendar, images, procession, and literature.
Notes: Reprint/Facsimile.