Chinese Buddhism | Overview

Eight schools, historical periods, Hong Kong & Taiwan temples, and sinicization research — academic guide to East Asian Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Overview

Eight schools, historical periods, Hong Kong & Taiwan temples, and sinicization research — academic guide to East Asian Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Key topics

  • Chinese Buddhism
  • eight schools
  • Chan Buddhism
  • Hong Kong temples
  • Buddhist sinicization
  • Buddhist doctrine
  • scripture interpretation
  • Mahāyāna

Module

This page belongs to the Chinese Buddhism section.

Full article in Chinese

The complete scholarly article with extended analysis and primary-source citations is available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Further Reading

Doctrine topics

Art & culture

CBETA Scripture Links

CBETA reader interface is in Chinese; search results link to the scripture.

Further Academic Reading

Selected papers from the NTU Buddhist Digital Library (catalog titles may be in Chinese or Japanese).