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Paperback The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture Book

ISBN: 0691096767

ISBN13: 9780691096766

The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture

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From the first century, when Buddhism entered China, the foreign religion shaped Chinese philosophy, beliefs, and ritual. At the same time, Buddhism had a profound effect on the material world of the Chinese. This wide-ranging study shows that Buddhism brought with it a vast array of objects big and small--relics treasured as parts of the body of the Buddha, prayer beads, and monastic clothing--as well as new ideas about what objects could do and...

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