Bibliography of Chinese Buddhism By Dr. Peter Hershock

General:

The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction, Richard Robinson and Willard Johnson, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing, 1997.

China:

Overall Histories and Tradition-specific Studies:

Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey, Kenneth Chen. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1972.

The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography, John Kieschnick Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.

Buddha-Nature, Sallie B. King, Albany: SUNY, 1991.

Tsung-mi. Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity: An Annotated Translation of Tsung-mi’s Yuan-jen-lun with a Modern Commentary. Peter N. Gregory. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute Series of the University of Hawaii Press, 1998.

Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism, Robert Sharf. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002.

Hua-yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra, Francis Cook. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1977.

T'ient'ai Buddhism: An Outline of the Fourfold Teachings, Chappell, David W. and Masao Ichishima. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.

Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood: The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy, Jamie Hubbard, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001.

The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, edited Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright, London: Oxford University Press, 2000

Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism, edited Marsh Weidner. Honolulu: UH Press, 2001

Sutras Important in China:

The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture. Trans. by Robert Thurman. University Park: Penn State University Press, 1976.

Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma, trans. by Leon Hurvitz. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.

Lotus Sutra, Burton Watson translation, available online: http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/sutra/english/watson/indxwatson.htm

The Flower Ornament Scripture, 3 volumes, trans. Thomas Cleary, Boulder: Shambhala, 1984

The Awakening of Faith (attributed to Ashvagosha) translated by Yoshito Hakeda. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967

Economic and political dimensions:

Buddhism in Chinese Society: An Economic History from the Fifth to Tenth Centuries, Jacques Gernet. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1995.

Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400, Tansen Sen. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003.

The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, John Kieschnick Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003

Monks, Rulers and Literati: The Political Ascendancy of Chan Buddhism, Albert Welter, New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Chan:

The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen. Jeffrey L. Broughton, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999.

Hui-neng. The Platform Sutra. Translated and edited by Philip Yampolsky. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969.

Chan Buddhism, Peter D. Hershock. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004

Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch’an Buddhism, Peter D. Hershock. Albany: SUNY, 1995.

Ch’an Insights and Oversights: An Epistemological Critique of the Ch’an Tradition, Bernard Faure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993.

The Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism, Jinhua Jia (SUNY, 2006)