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Buddhism in Chinese History
by Arthur F Wright
- RELIGION
- 1983
- PAPER
- 144 PAGES
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This standard short survey by a leading scholar of premodern China is a popular required text for university courses on Chinese history and religion. Originally published in 1959 and conversational in tone, the book is based on six lectures on the transformation of Chinese culture by Buddhism. With a small section of black-and-white photogaphs.
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