Zürcher Erik. The Buddhist Conquest of China: the Spread and Adaptation of Buddhism in Early Medieval China

Third edition with a foreword by Stephen F. Teiser. — Leiden: Brill, 2008. — 472 p.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.