{"product_id":"coming-to-terms-with-chinese-buddhism-9780824830281","title":"Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe issue of sinification--the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue--has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is, among other things, an extended reflection on the theoretical foundations and conceptual categories that undergird the study of medieval Chinese Buddhism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sharf draws his argument in part from a meticulous historical, philological, and philosophical analysis of the Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang lun), an eighth-century Buddho-Taoist work apocryphally attributed to the fifth-century master Seng-chao (374-414). In the process of coming to terms with this recondite text, Sharf ventures into all manner of subjects bearing on our understanding of medieval Chinese Buddhism, from the evolution of T'ang \"gentry Taoism\" to the pivotal role of image veneration and the problematic status of Chinese Tantra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume includes a complete annotated translation of the Treasure Store Treatise, accompanied by the detailed exegesis of dozens of key terms and concepts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert H. Sharf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824830281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharf, Robert H.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Sharf is professor in the Department of\u003cbr\u003eEast Asian Languages and Cultures, University of\u003cbr\u003eCalifornia, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Hawaii Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44319573213299,"sku":"9780824830281","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1de1e82c-0f9e-4e50-ab9f-26f3c0bce850.jpg?v=1771420905","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/coming-to-terms-with-chinese-buddhism-9780824830281","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}