Zhipan’s Account of the History of Buddhism in China

Thomas Jülch, Ph.D. 2011, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, was research fellow at Ghent University until 2019, and now continues his work as an independent scholar. He has widely published in the field of medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism. His works include: Bodhisattva der Apologetik: die Mission des buddhistischen Tang-Mönchs Falin (Munich: Utz, 2014), 3 vols; and The Zhenzheng lun by Xuanyi: A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China (New York: Routledge, 2019). He is also editor of The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship Between the Buddhist Samgha and the State in Chinese History (Leiden: Brill, 2016) and Buddhism and Daoism on the Holy Mountains of China (Louvain: Peeters, 2022).

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Introduction to Fozu tongji, juan 43–48

 1 Tiantai Buddhism, Chan Buddhism, and the Eminent Monks

 2 Important Monasteries, Sacred Mountains, and Their Geographic Locations

 3 Buddhist Laymen with Confucian Background

 4 The Buddhist Confrontation with Neoconfucianism

 5 The Buddhist Confrontation with Daoism

 6 Buddhist and Daoist Prophecy

 7 The Jurchen Invasion of Northern China

 8 Intertextuality

 9 Alternative Names



Preliminary Remarks



Translation



Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 10

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Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 11

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Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 12

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Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 13

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Fayun tongsai zhi, juan 14

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Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

Bibliography

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