The Shaolin monastery : history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts / Meir Shahar.

By:

Shahar, Meir, 1959-

Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.Description: xi, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780824831103 (alk. paper)
0824831101 (alk. paper)
9780824833497 (pbk.)
082483349X (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

294.3/657095118 22

LOC classification:

BQ6345.T462 S52275 2008

Contents:

-- Chapter 4: Staff Legends --- Part III: Fist-Fighting and Self-Cultivation (1600-1900) -- Chapter 5: Hand Combat -- Chapter 6: Gymnastics -- Chapter 7: Suspect Rebels --- Conclusion: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts.

Summary: "The Shaolin Monastery charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment."--Google Books.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-271) and index.

"The Shaolin Monastery charts, for the first time in any language, the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study, Meir Shahar considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the twenty-first century have spread throughout the world. He reveals the intimate connection between monastic violence and the veneration of the violent divinities of Buddhism and analyzes the Shaolin association of martial discipline and the search for spiritual enlightenment."--Google Books.

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