Buddhist Historiography in China, Paperback

John Kieschnick provides an innovative, expansive account of how Chinese Buddhists have sought to understand their history through a Buddhist lens. Exploring a series of themes in mainstream Buddhist historiographical works from the fifth to the twentieth century, he looks for what they tell us about their compilers' understanding of history.

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Author(s): John Kieschnick
• Number of pages: 296
• Collection: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Publication date: 2022
• Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 19
• Cover type: Paperback / softback