Great View of Chinese Buddhist Culture

Author: Fang Guanglang
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Revisiting the past to gain new insights, and innovating through tradition, is a common practice in cultural development. This book, A Grand View of Chinese Buddhist Culture, examines the relationship between Buddhism and traditional Chinese culture, discussing various forms of Buddhist culture and its diverse influences on the cultural landscape of the Chinese nation. These include religious life, folk customs, political concepts, ethical thought, value systems, as well as philosophy, literature, art, science, cuisine, and many other aspects. It is comprehensive, scientific, and systematically introduces the general outline of Buddhist culture to a broad audience. The editors have adopted a serious attitude, ensuring the reliability of the presented materials, and have put forward a series of new perspectives in the process. It is believed that the publication of this work will not only provide valuable resources for the cultural construction of New China but also further advance the study of Chinese Buddhist culture and, by extension, Chinese culture as a whole.