ME6215 - Chinese Buddhist Thought: A Historical Perspective

Required Textbook:
Ch’en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1964.

Weekly Reading Articles:

  • 1.Fung, Yu-Lan. “The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy,” A Short History of Chinese Philosophy. (ed. Derk Bodde). New York: Macmillan, 1966. pp1-15.
  • 2.Kenneth K. Inada. “The Chinese Doctrinal Acceptance of Buddhism.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol 24:1 (1991), PP. 5-17.
  • 3.Liebenthal, Walter. "Chinese Buddhism During the 4th and 5th Centuries." Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 11, No. 1. (1955), pp. 44-83.
  • 4.Fung, Yu-Lan. “The Foundation of Chinese Buddhism,” A Short History of Chinese Philosophy. (ed. Derk Bodde). New York: Macmillan, 1966. pp1-15.
  • 5.Ichimura, Shohei. "On the Paradoxical Method of the Chinese Mādhyamika: Seng-chao and the Chao-lun Treatise." Journal of Chinese Philosophy 19 (1992): 51-71.
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