Humanistic Buddhism | Chinese Buddhism
Humanistic Buddhism: Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.
Overview
Humanistic Buddhism: Chinese Buddhist history, eight schools, and sinicization — academic overview for East Asian Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.
Key topics
- Chinese Buddhism
- Humanistic Buddhism
- Buddhist doctrine
- scripture interpretation
- Mahāyāna
- Hong Kong Buddhism
Related reading
- Three Dharma Seals | Buddhist Teachings
- Four Noble Truths & Noble Eightfold Path | Buddhist Teachings
- Āgama Division | Chinese Tripiṭaka Canon
- Prajñāpāramitā Division | Chinese Tripiṭaka Canon
- Chinese Buddhism | Overview
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
- Hong Kong Buddhist Temples
- Taiwan Buddhist Temples
- Sui–Tang Period
- Chinese Han Buddhist Architecture

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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).