A Collection of Prefaces and Postfaces of Buddhist Texts and Treatises in China (Complete 5 Volumes)

Author: Xu Ming
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book is a collection of prefaces, introductions, and postfaces from ancient Buddhist classics in China. The collection spans from the late Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, totaling around 2,500 pieces. Buddhism was introduced to China over 2,000 years ago. Over these two millennia, Buddhism has deeply interacted with traditional Chinese culture, resulting in profound changes to both Chinese culture and Buddhism itself. This has transformed Buddhism, originally a foreign religion, into an integral part of Chinese culture, alongside Confucianism and Taoism, which together support the tripod of Chinese civilization. This book includes approximately 2,500 prefaces, introductions, and postfaces from Buddhist texts, more than twenty times the number in the Collected Records of Translating the Three Baskets. This figure alone demonstrates the high value of the material in this book.