Chinese Buddhism
A Volume of Sketches, Historical, Descriptive and Critical| By: | Joseph Edkins |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415865623 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781136378881 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2001 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First Published in 2000. This is Volume VI of six of the Oriental series looking at Arabic History and Culture. It was written in 1922, and presents discussions around the religion of Buddhism in China along with Tausim, Confucianism and Buddhist art. It highlights the Chinese Buddhists who contented for the immortality of the soul in the Northern Doctrines, against the followers of Confucius, that gave Chinese Buddhism a base and energy for the founding of new schools.