Of all the world's major religions, Chinese Buddhism has probably
experienced the most traumatic modernization. The establishment of
a communist state quickly emerged from the self-contained Manchu
Empire. The consequences are described in this book. Holmes Welch
offers the first detailed account of the careers of recent Buddhist
leaders and of the diverse organization they started. Eighteen
Chinese Buddhist associations are identified as the author traces
the struggle for national leadership. The role of T'ai-hsu, the
leader best known to Western readers but not, it is shown, among
Buddhists, is given a controversial reassessment. After examining
the main features of the revival, Welch puts them into a larger
political framework. In the process, he offers copious evidence
that our picture of Chinese Buddhism has been distorted. What has
been termed a "revival" was actually a secular reorientation. The
author's conclusion is that this secularization, vigorous as it
was, in reality foreshadowed the decline of Chinese Buddhism as a
living religion.
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