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Heart of Buddha, Heart of China
The Life of Tanxu, a Twentieth Century Monk
James Carter
240 pages
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235x156mm
978-0-19-539885-4
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Hardback
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20 January 2011
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- Carter accessed previously untapped sources to tell the story of Tanxu's life
The Buddhist monk Tanxu surmounted extraordinary obstacles-poverty, wars, famine, and foreign occupation—to become one of the most prominent monks in China, founding numerous temples and schools, and attracting crowds of students and disciples wherever he went. In this book, James Carter draws on untapped archival materials to provide a book that is part travelogue, part history, and part biography of this remarkable man. Tanxu lived in a time of almost constant warfare-from the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, to the Boxer Uprising, the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese
occupation, and World War II. He and his followers were robbed by river pirates, and waylaid by bandits on the road. Caught in the struggle between nationalist and communist forces, Tanxu finally sought refuge in the British colony of Hong Kong. At the time of his death, at the age of 87, he was revered as "Master Tanxu," one of Hong Kong's leading religious figures. Capturing all this in a magnificent biography, Carter gives first-person immediacy to one of the most turbulent periods in Chinese history.Readership: Scholars and students of Chinese and religious history, or with a more general interest in Buddhism, China, or biography; undergraduates
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James Carter, Professor of History, St. Joseph's University James Carter is Professor of History at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia. He is also past president of the Historical Society for 20th-Century China and the Chief Editor of Twentieth-Century China.
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"For every move of Tanxu, Carter provides the historical background information that helps the readers understand the circumstances of his actions. The result is a vivid and accessible account of a monk's life in a turbulent period in China's history."
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Prologue: The Present Past
1.: Not Far From Anywhere
2.: Leaving Home
3.: New Worlds
4.: Family
5.: Conditioned Arising
6.: Ice and Fire
7.: Famine and Flight
8.: Qingdao
9.: Life During Wartime
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