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First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new
ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study
of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged
the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under
the Tang dynasty (618-907) and steadily declined afterward.
Chun-fang Yu details how in sixteenth-century China, Buddhism
entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of
innovative monks who sought to transcend sectarian rivalries and
doctrinal specialization. She examines the life, work, and teaching
of one of the most important of these monks, Zhuhong (1535-1615), a
charismatic teacher of lay Buddhists and a successful reformer of
monastic Buddhism. Zhuhong's contributions demonstrate that the
late Ming was one of the most creative periods in Chinese
intellectual and religious history. Weaving together diverse
sources-scriptures, dynastic history, Buddhist chronicles, monks'
biographies, letters, ritual manuals, legal codes, and
literature-Yu grounds Buddhism in the reality of Ming society,
highlighting distinctive lay Buddhist practices to provide a vivid
portrait of lived religion. Since the book was published four
decades ago, many have written on the diversity of Buddhist beliefs
and practices in the centuries before and after Zhuhong's time, yet
The Renewal of Buddhism in China remains a crucial touchstone for
all scholarship on post-Tang Buddhism. This fortieth anniversary
edition features updated transliteration, a foreword by Daniel B.
Stevenson, and an updated introduction by the author speaking to
the ongoing relevance of this classic work.
First published in 1981, The Renewal of Buddhism in China broke new
ground in the study of Chinese Buddhism. An interdisciplinary study
of a Buddhist master and reformer in late Ming China, it challenged
the conventional view that Buddhism had reached its height under
the Tang dynasty (618-907) and steadily declined afterward.
Chun-fang Yu details how in sixteenth-century China, Buddhism
entered a period of revitalization due in large part to a cohort of
innovative monks who sought to transcend sectarian rivalries and
doctrinal specialization. She examines the life, work, and teaching
of one of the most important of these monks, Zhuhong (1535-1615), a
charismatic teacher of lay Buddhists and a successful reformer of
monastic Buddhism. Zhuhong's contributions demonstrate that the
late Ming was one of the most creative periods in Chinese
intellectual and religious history. Weaving together diverse
sources-scriptures, dynastic history, Buddhist chronicles, monks'
biographies, letters, ritual manuals, legal codes, and
literature-Yu grounds Buddhism in the reality of Ming society,
highlighting distinctive lay Buddhist practices to provide a vivid
portrait of lived religion. Since the book was published four
decades ago, many have written on the diversity of Buddhist beliefs
and practices in the centuries before and after Zhuhong's time, yet
The Renewal of Buddhism in China remains a crucial touchstone for
all scholarship on post-Tang Buddhism. This fortieth anniversary
edition features updated transliteration, a foreword by Daniel B.
Stevenson, and an updated introduction by the author speaking to
the ongoing relevance of this classic work.
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