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The worlds largest Buddha, in Leshan, China.
http://www.gluckman.com/LeshanBuddha.html
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Diamond Sutra: The World's Earliest Dated Printed Book
A copy of the Diamond Sutra is the world's oldest example of dated block printing.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/diamond.html
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Shaolin Kung Fu History
History of how the Shaolin monks first originated in China, with details of their practice
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kfmaster/history.htm
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Han Yu's Memorial to Buddhism
One of the leaders in the Confucian counterattack on Buddhism was the classical prose stylist and
poet Han Yu (768-824 CE), who in 819 CE composed this vitriolic polemic attacking Buddhism. A
champion of rationalism, Han Yu wished to suppress Daoism as well as Buddhism.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/hanyu.html
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The Legend of Miao-shan
In China, Kuan-yin (Avalokitesvara) came to be most frequently worshipped in female form as the
Goddess of Mercy. This transformation from an originally male deity into a female one seems to have
occurred sometime during the Northern Sung dynasty (960-1126 CE) and is reflected in Kuan-yin's
miracluous appearance in human form in the legend of Miao-shan.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/miao-sha.html
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A Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms
An account of the (394-414CE)journey by Fa-hsien and his companions. They visited as many of the
Buddhist sacred shrines as they could, especially those associated with the presence of the Buddha.
The selections presented here show the reasons for the estblishment of these shrines, the legends
that surrounded them, and the ways in which they were maintained.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/faxian.html
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A Defense of Buddhism vs. Confucianism
A defense of Buddhism written to refute some of the charges against the new religion from India by
Confucian and other Chinese. While the author and date of composition are uncertain, this kind of
tract was common in China under the Southern Dynasties (420-589 CE).
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/dispos.html
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Chinese Doctrinal Classifications of Buddhism
In the fifth and sixth centuries CE, Chinese Buddhists employed p'an-chiao as a hermeneutical
strategy to reconcile the discrepancies among the different teachings believed to have been taught
by the Buddha. By resorting to the doctrine of expedient means, they were able to create a
hierarchical framework within which the entire range of Buddhist teachings could be systematically
organized into a coherent doctrinal whole.
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/doctrina.html
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