抄録In the early years of the Song 宋dynasty (960–1279), after decades of internecine
warfare and political division, architects of the new imperial order sought reunification under …

This study explores a Buddhist response to the challenges facing Buddhism in the Song
dynasty through an examination of the Buddhist literati-monk Zanning's (919-1001) Da Song …

For much of the modern era, academic studies of Buddhism in China tended to either
dismiss or outright ignore the late-imperial periods and the early twentieth century. This …

The Fozu tongji 佛祖統紀 (Chronicle of the Bud dhas and Patriarchs), com piled by the Chi
nese monk Zhipan 志磐 (ca. 1220–75), is an ency clo pe dic work in fifty-four rolls (juan 卷) …

The Mongol period witnessed a remarkable growth in state patronage of the Buddhist
church, and this essay examines how prominent scholar-officials from south China …

The Fozu tongji 佛祖統紀 (T 2035, Comprehensive History of the Buddhist Patriarchs) is a
massive work of Buddhist historiography composed by the Southern Song monk Zhipan …

The Fozu tongji by Zhipan (ca. 1220-1275) is a key text of Chinese Buddhist historiography.
The core of the work is formed by the “Fayun tongsai zhi,” an annalistic history of Buddhism …

Fayun tongsai zhi 法運通塞志 (Monograph on Success and Obstructions in the Spread of the
Dharma), of the main compilation spanning fourteen fascicles (34-48). The current first …

The “notorious” Yang Lianzhenjia (Tib. Rinchenkyap1) was a prominent official in the
Mongol administration of late thirteenth century Hangzhou (Lin'an). 2 He was of Tangut …

Dewei Zhang's monograph is a timely contribution to the relatively overlooked field of
Buddhism in late imperial China. The book focuses on the development of Chinese …