Out of the Cloister

Literati Perspectives on Buddhism in Sung China, 960–1279

Mark Halperin

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$49.95 • £39.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674022652

Publication Date: 10/15/2006

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6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard East Asian Monographs

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“In this interesting and well-written study Mark Halperin paints a multi-faceted and complex picture of how members of the Song-dynasty educated elite viewed Buddhism and Buddhist institutions, and how in writing about them literati were able to express a range of opinions and critiques that went far beyond the Buddhist cloister. It is a welcome addition to a number of recent studies on the social history of the Song literati class and on elite Buddhism in the Song, but at the same time it offers an approach not attempted in any previous work.”—Morten Schlutter, Chinese Historical Review

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