The Shaolin monastery : history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts / Meir Shahar.
Shahar, Meir, 1959-
2008
BQ6345.T462 S52275 2008 (Mapit)
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Title The Shaolin monastery : history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts / Meir Shahar.
Author Shahar, Meir, 1959-
ISBN 9780824833497 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082483349X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824831103 (alk. paper)
0824831101 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xi, 281 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number BQ6345.T462 S52275 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.3/657095118
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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