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Shao Chang Lee; Rahder, Johannes (Introduction) : Popular Buddhism in China; With Translations of Ten Buddhist Poems, Thirty-two Buddhist Proverbs, Hsuan Ts'ang's "Essence of the Wisdom Sutra," and Kumarajiva's "Diamond Sutra"

The Commercial Press, Limited, 1939

Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with brown dust wrapper in mylar. Gilt lettering on spine of the book. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." Seventy-four pages, complete. Pages 1-52 are in English. Twenty-two pages in the "back" are in Chinese (this portion of the book is intended to be read from right to left). Four black and white plates, complete. Contains a Foreword by Shao Chang Lee and Introduction by Johannes Rahder in the front. Pages and covers of the book are very clean and intact. Dust wrapper is clean and intact except for slight chipping at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. No remainder marks. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust wrapper. Excerpt from the Foreword: "The purpose of this small volume is to answer some of the more important questions on Chinese Buddhism asked by interested students in classes on Chinese history, Oriental religions, and Chinese civilization ... It assumes the form of five titles, which present a concise account of the development of Buddhism in China, a collection of current Buddhist proverbs, a set of ten poems on Buddhism as a unifying religion, a new translation of Hsuan Ts'ang's Essence of the Wisdom Sutra, and a fresh rendering of Kumarajiva's The Diamond Sutra.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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