Buddhist Monasteries between Charity and Profit: Taking the Issue of Water Supply of Lin'an (Hangzhou) during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) as an Example

The study addresses the role that Buddhist monasteries played as institutions of charity on the one hand and as economic organizations on the other in the interplay with the local elite and the administration, using the water supply activities of monasteries that agglomerated in Lin'an (Hangzho...

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Main Author: Ebner von Eschenbach, Silvia, Freiin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2023
In: Journal of Chinese religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-45
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