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Lives of the nuns : biographies of Chinese Buddhist nuns from the fourth to sixth centuries : a translation of the Pi-chʻiu-ni chuan / compiled by Shih Pao-chʻang ; translated by Kathryn Ann Tsai.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1994.Description: xi, 188 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0824815416 (acidfree paper)
  • 9780824815417 (acid-free paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Bi qiu ni zhuan. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.3/657/092251 20
  • B 20
LOC classification:
  • BQ634 .P3713 1994
Contents:
Table of Dynasties and Kingdoms -- Map of Places in Biographies -- Shih Pao-ch'ang's Preface to Lives of the Nuns -- 1. The Chin Dynasty (265-317 / 317-420) -- 2. The Sung Dynasty (420-479) -- 3. The Ch'i Dynasty (479-502) -- 4. The Liang Dynasty (502-557) -- Appendix A: The Text -- Appendix B: The Manatta Ritual -- Chinese Character Glossary of Names, Terms, and Titles.
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Knox Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection BQ634 .B36 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-180) and index.

Table of Dynasties and Kingdoms -- Map of Places in Biographies -- Shih Pao-ch'ang's Preface to Lives of the Nuns -- 1. The Chin Dynasty (265-317 / 317-420) -- 2. The Sung Dynasty (420-479) -- 3. The Ch'i Dynasty (479-502) -- 4. The Liang Dynasty (502-557) -- Appendix A: The Text -- Appendix B: The Manatta Ritual -- Chinese Character Glossary of Names, Terms, and Titles.

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