Zen and the Art of Librarianship
Abstract This paper explores widely held misconceptions about the publishing of East Asian religious books, bibliographies and canons connected to a tradition that appears to foreswear books altogether – Zen Buddhism in China and Japan. Zen and East Asian Buddhist librarianship are also considered h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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| In: |
Journal of Chan Buddhism
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 3-16 |
| Further subjects: | B
Dunhuang manuscripts
B Japanese Zen B Zen Buddhism B BUDDHIST CANON B Sinophone books B Chan Buddhism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Abstract This paper explores widely held misconceptions about the publishing of East Asian religious books, bibliographies and canons connected to a tradition that appears to foreswear books altogether – Zen Buddhism in China and Japan. Zen and East Asian Buddhist librarianship are also considered here in terms of a rich history of book collecting, printing, and distributing in China and in Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-7179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Chan Buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/25897179-12340002 |
