Gregory - (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism) by Peter N Gregory (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This study of Tsung-mi is part of the Studies in East Asian Buddhism series. Author Peter Gregory makes extensive use of Japanese secondary sources, which complements his work on the complex Chinese materials that form the basis of the study.

Review Quotes

"Gregory deserves the highest praise for having produced a superlative study of a most involved topic, and for having done so in an elegant and lucid prose style. His scholarship is impeccable; his exhaustive use of the extensive Japanese secondary literature complements his facility with the extremely abstruse and difficult Chinese materials that form the basis of his study. . . . [A] splendid academic accomplishment."

"Professor Gregory is without a doubt the leading Western authority on Tsung-mi, . . . As his book's title suggests, he is particularly concerned here to present Tsung-mi's vision as a creative Chinese response to and reformulation of some of the central tenets of Mahayana Buddhist thought. In this [Gregory's book] not only represents a major advance in the study of Tsung-mi, surpassing in scope of vision anything hitherto attempted . . . [this volume] also has much to say to those with interest in the intellectual life of the T'ang dynasty and, more broadly, in the history of Chinese philosophy and religious thought. It is a masterful piece of work, sure to be standard reading in Chinese Buddhist studies for years to come."