Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond
A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John R. McRae
by Christoph Anderl and Christian Wittern
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Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond: A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John R. McRae is dedicated to the memory of the eminent Chán scholar John McRae and investigates the spread of early Chán in a historical, multi-lingual, and interreligious context. Combining the expertise of scholars of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Tangut Buddhism, the edited volume is based on a thorough study of manuscripts from Dūnhuáng, Turfan, and Karakhoto, tracing the particular features of Chán in the Northwestern and Northern regions of late medieval China.
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Author Biography
Christoph Anderl, Ph.D. (2005), is Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Ghent University. He has published in the fields of Chinese Historical Linguistics, Dūnhuáng manuscript studies, Chán Buddhism, and Digital Humanities.
Christian Wittern, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor at the Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. He has published in the fields of Chán Buddhist historical works and Digital Humanities, in addition of being the director of several large database projects.
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- Publisher Brill
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789004431911
- FormatBook
- Primary Price 154 EUR
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Copyright Year2021
- SeriesNumen Book Series
- Series Part165
