The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang

by Samuel Beal

Overview

This is Volume I of sixteen on Buddhism. Originally published in 1911, it looks at the Life of Hiuen-Tsiang, by the Shaman Hwui Li. Centuries before biography became a business, before the peccadilloes of Royal mistresses and forgotten courtesans obtained a market value, the writing of the Master's life by some cherished disciple was both an act of love and piety in the Far East. In this spirit, then, the man of compassionate feeling (such is the rendering of the Sanscrit Shama), the Shaman IIwui-li, took up his tablets and wrote the life of Hiuen Tsiang.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136376368
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	268
File size:	547 KB

About the Author

Samuel Beal, Professor of Chinese, University College, London and Rector of Greens Norton, Northants.

Table of Contents

intro1 HISTOKY OF THE EAELY LIFE OF HIUEN-TSIANG; | bookI HISTORY OF THE EARLY LIFE OF HIUEN-TSTANG AND OF HIS TRAVELS IN THE WESTERN WORLD; | bookII ::; | bookIII ::; | bookIV ::; | bookV ::; | conclusion ::;