Shahar, Meir,  1959- <br/><br/>
The Shaolin monastery :  history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts / 
Meir Shahar. 
 - Honolulu :  University of Hawai'i Press,  ©2008. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index. 
<br/><br/>Origins of a military tradition (500-900) -- The monastery -- Serving the emperor -- Systemizing martial practice (900-1600) -- Defending the nation -- Staff legends -- Fist fighting and self-cultivation (1600-1900) -- Hand combat -- Gymnastics -- Suspect rebels -- Conclusion: History, religion, and the Chinese martial arts. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781435666481 1435666488 9780824868758 0824868757 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China)--History.<br/>Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, China)<br/>Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China)<br/>Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, Chine)--Histoire.<br/>Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, Chine)<br/>Shaolin-Kloster
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Martial arts--China.<br/>RELIGION--Buddhism--General.<br/>Martial arts.<br/>Medicine, Traditional.<br/>Arts martiaux--Chine.<br/>Wushu
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ6345.T462  / S52275 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/657095118