How Long to Read Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism

How Long Does it Take to Read Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 8 minutes to read Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism by Robert H. Sharf

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The issue of sinification—the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue—has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is, among other things, an extended reflection on the theoretical foundations and conceptual categories that undergird the study of medieval Chinese Buddhism. Sharf draws his argument in part from a meticulous historical, philological, and philosophical analysis of the Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang lun), an eighth-century Buddho-Taoist work apocryphally attributed to the fifth-century master Seng-chao (374–414). In the process of coming to terms with this recondite text, Sharf ventures into all manner of subjects bearing on our understanding of medieval Chinese Buddhism, from the evolution of T’ang "gentry Taoism" to the pivotal role of image veneration and the problematic status of Chinese Tantra. The volume includes a complete annotated translation of the Treasure Store Treatise, accompanied by the detailed exegesis of dozens of key terms and concepts.

How long is Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism?

Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism by Robert H. Sharf is 417 pages long, and a total of 107,169 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 45 minutes to read Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism aloud.

What Reading Level is Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism?

Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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