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The Chinese Transformation of BuddhismKenneth K. S. Ch'en

Taoism and Chinese Religion

The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism

by Kenneth K. S. Ch'en

A study of how Buddhism adapted to Chinese ethical, political, economic and literary life. Its chapter on filial piety discusses the Ghost Festival and the Yulanpen sutra as examples of Buddhism's Chinese transformation.

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