Lives of the Nuns Hardcover - 1994
by Commentaries by Kathryn Ann Tsai; Kathryn Ann Tsai (Translator); Shih Pao-Ch'ang (Editor)
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A millennium and a half ago some remarkable women cast aside the concerns of the world to devote their lives to Buddhism. Lives of the Nuns, a translation of the Pi-ch'iu-ni chuan, was compiled by Shih Pao-ch'ang in or about A.D. 516 and covers exactly that period when Buddhist monasticism for women was first being established in China. Originally written to demonstrate the efficacy of Buddhist scripture in the lives of female monastics, the sixty-five biographies are now regarded as the best source of information about women's participation in Buddhist monastic practice in premodern China. Among the stories of the Buddhist life well lived are entertaining tales that reveal the wit and intelligence of these women in the face of unsavory officials, highway robbers, even fawning barbarians. When Ching-ch'eng and a fellow nun, renowned for their piety and strict asceticism, are taken to "the capital of the northern barbarians" and plied with delicacies, the women "besmirch their own reputation" by gobbling down the food shamelessly. Appalled by their lack of manners, the disillusioned barbarians release the nuns, who return happily to their convent. Lives of the Nuns gives readers a glimpse into a world long vanished yet peopled with women and men who express the same aspirations and longing for spiritual enlightenment found at all times and in all places. Buddhologists, sinologists, historians, and those interested in religious studies and women's studies will welcome this volume, which includes annotations for readers new to the field of Chinese Buddhist history as well as for the specialist.
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- Title Lives of the Nuns
- Author Commentaries by Kathryn Ann Tsai; Kathryn Ann Tsai (Translator); Shih Pao-Ch'ang (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st US - 1st Pri
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-06-01
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780824815417 / 0824815416
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.33 x 6.3 x 0.72 in (23.70 x 16.00 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Buddhist nuns - China - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93050627
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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