The Shaolin Monastery
History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9370909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meir Shahar (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 296 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Shaolin Monastery (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9780824865023 |
| OpenAlex | W2337771424 |
| Open Library | OL29357674M |
| ISBN | 9780824865023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Written in clear and lucid style and ambitious both in scope and methodology, this book offers a fascinating window into Chinese culture, religion, and history. Ranging from historical and ethnographic documents to a wide variety of literary sources, it weaves them all into a compelling narrative. In this fashion, Shahar is uniquely able to bring together social, historical, and mythological elements, providing a demythologized account of martial Chinese traditions such as Shaolin Boxing. This is sinology at its best."-Bernard Faure, Columbia University"The book clearly belongs in a new group of books challenging conventional understandings of Buddhism and violence. Meir Shahar documents with meticulous accuracy and mellifluous prose the fighting monks of Shaolin monastery in China, who appear first in the Tang dynasty (618-907) and continue to the present
Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Religious Tourism and Spaces · china · martial arts · Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi · Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |