The Buddhist Revival in China, with a Section of Photographs by Henry Cartier-Bresson

Based partly on unpublished documents and oral information obtained from monks who headed major monasteries on mainland China, Holmes Welch presents a detailed description of the modern practice of Chinese Buddhism. Focusing on the actual rather than the theoretical observances of the religion, he gives an exhaustive account of the monastic system and the style of life of both monk and layman. His study makes new information available for the Western reader and calls into question the whole concept of the moribund state of Chinese Buddhism. The Buddhist Revival in China Map Preface TOC LOI 1. Yang Wen-hui. Photo Buwei Y. Chao 2. The Ch'ung-en Pagoda, 1900. Photo Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts 3. The Ch'ung-en Pagoda, 1930's. Photo D. Engel 4. The Monastery at Chin Shan 5. Eight Fingers 6. Li Tzu-k'uan. Photo author's collection 7. T'ai-hsii. Photo European Picture Service 8. T'ai-hsii in London. Photo courtesy Christmas Humphreys 9. The Hsi-ch'an Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 10. Shrine-hall at the Wan-fu Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 11. Relic pagoda at Ch'i-hsia Shan. Photos Tokiwa and author's collection. 94-95 12. Two paintings by Wang 1-t'ing. Photo Harvard-Yenching Library 12 Two paintings by Wng I-t'ing 13. Diagram of the Lung-ch'uan Ssu orphanage 14. The Yii-fo Ssu. Photo European Picture Service Pilgrims 15. A Buddhist sutra. Photo Tokiwa 16. The Lung-hua Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 17. Shrine-hall of the Kuang-hsiao Ssu, 1909. Photo Tokiwa (Ito 18. Shrine-hall of the Kuang-hsiao Ssu, 1928. Photo Tokiwa 19. The Mi-yin Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 20. Maitreya, Chungking. Photo European Picture Service 21. The World Student Christian Federation. Photo Sophia Hart Collection, Wellesley College Library 22. Tokiwa Daijo. Photo Tokiwa 23. Japanese soldiers, Honan. Photo Acme 24. Westerners at the T'an-chc Ssu. Photo Sophia Hart Collection, Wellesley College Library 25. Chao-k'ung. Photo Prip-M..ller collection 26. Chao-k'nng and his disciples. Photo Jhanananda collection 27. The ordination at Ch'i-hsia Shan. Photo Jhanananda collection. 191 28. Rites for the dead. Photo European Picture Service 28. The bereaved eat vegetarian meal. 29. Monks. Photo D. Engel 30. Monks at P'u-t'o Shan. Photo D. Engel 31. Cheng-lien. Photo author's collection 32. Johannes Prip-Moller. Photo Prip-Moller collection 33. Drum tower of the Shao-lin Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 34. Shrine-hall of the Lung-hsing Ssu. Photo Tokiwa 35. The Asoka Monastery. Photo Tokiwa 36. Chin Shan, 1870. Photo John Thomson, F.R.G.S 37. Race course at Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Photo South China Morning Post 38. Lung-wang Tung. Photo Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C I The Beginnings of the Revival II The Struggle for National Leadership III T'ai-hsu IV The Lay Buddhist Movement V Building and Publishing Restoration VI Buddhist Education Traditional Education VII Social Action by the Sangha VIII Sangha and State IX Foreign Contacts X Sects and Dissension XI Christian Stereotypes and Buddhist Realities XII the Meaning of the Revival Postscript Appendices 1. Buddhist Periodicals 2. Buddhist Seminaries 3. Monastic Population Figures 4. Regional Decay Notes I. The Beginnings of the Revival II. The Struggle for National Leadership III. T'ai-hsu IV. the Lay Buddhist Movement V. Building and Publishing VI. Buddhist Education VII. Social Action by the Sangha VIII. Sangha and the State IX. Foreign Contacts X. Sects and Dissension XI. Christian Stereotypes and Buddhist Realities XII. the Meaning of the Revival Postscript Bibliography Glossary Index