The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, John Kieschnick's 2003 monograph from Princeton University Press, is a scholarly study by a specialist in Chinese Buddhism examining how Buddhist practice reshaped everyday Chinese objects, from the chair to the printed book to relics themselves. Its authority rests on close use of Chinese primary sources and its place as a standard reference in the field. Its limit is that it surveys broad categories of material culture rather than exhaustively treating any single object's history. Cite it for the general pattern of Buddhist influence on Chinese material life; a claim about one specific object needs a source focused on that object.
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John Kieschnick's The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, published by Princeton University Press in 2003, the top tier reflecting a scholarly study by a specialist in Chinese Buddhism resting on close use of Chinese primary sources and standing as a standard reference in the field. Its limit is that it surveys broad categories of material culture rather than exhaustively treating any single object's history; cite it for the general pattern of Buddhist influence, and a claim about one specific object needs a source focused on that object. NotesScholarly study of Buddhism's impact on Chinese material culture, Princeton University Press, 2003.
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AuthorJohn Kieschnick
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication Year2003
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Bodies of Water, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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