The Administration of Buddhism in China: A Study and Translation of Zanning and the <i>Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy</i> (Da Song Seng shilue)
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Table of Contents

List of Tables

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Introduction: A Look at the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy

1

Chapter 1: The Life and Times of Zanning

9

Chapter 2: The Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy: Background and Intent

81

Translation: A Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy in China

97

Fascicle I: [The Propagation of Buddhist Faith]

101

[1]: The Era of the Buddha’s Descent [from Heaven] and Birth [on Earth]

103

[2]: The Arrival of Buddhist Monks in Cathay

123

[3]: The Transmission of [Buddhist] Scriptures and Images to China

129

[4]: Building Monasteries

135

[4A]: Bathing the Buddha

147

[4B]: Buddhist Image Processions

151

[5]: Sūtra Translation

159

[6]: Translations of the Rules [of the Buddhist Order]

165

[7]: The Translation of [Buddhist] Treatises

169