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Beyond Buddhist apology. The political use of Buddhism by emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty, r.502-549

Start - End 
2004 - 2008 (completed)
Type 
PhD research
Department(s) 
Department of Languages and Cultures
Research group(s) 
GCBS - Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies
Research Focus 
History
Religion
Research Period 
Middle Ages
Research Region 
Asia
Far East
Research Language 
Oriental languages
Research Methodology 
Language and text analysis
Additional tags 
Buddhism

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Abstract

This PhD project studies the political and economical history of Chinese Buddhism during the Northern and Southern Dynasties (mainly 5th century).

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