Download or read book The Buddhist Conquest of China written by Erik Zürcher and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the repeated request of many scholars and students here is a new edition of E. Zürcher's groundbreaking The Buddhist Conquest of China. In his extensive introduction Stephen F. Teiser (D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University) explains why the book is still the standard in the field of early Chinese Buddhism.