04079cam a2200769Ia 4500 ocn259735411 OCoLC 20200709055156.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 081002s2008 hiuab ob s001 0 eng d N$T eng pn N$T OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ OCLCF P@U NLGGC OCLCO YDXCP E7B OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCA OCLCQ OCL YDX 014531797 Uk 647928352 960030158 960277414 968911811 9781435666481 (electronic bk.) 1435666488 (electronic bk.) 9780824831103 (alk. paper) 0824831101 (alk. paper) 9780824868758 0824868757 9780824833497 082483349X 236729 (N$T) (OCoLC)259735411 (OCoLC)647928352 (OCoLC)960030158 (OCoLC)960277414 (OCoLC)968911811 a-cc--- BQ6345.T462 S52275 2008eb REL 007000 bisacsh 294.3/657095118 22 MAIN Shahar, Meir, 1959- 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 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index. Print version record. 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. "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. Master record variable field(s) change: 610 Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China) History. Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, China) Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China) fast (OCoLC)fst00571305 Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, Chine) Histoire. Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, Chine) Shaolin-Kloster gnd Martial arts China. RELIGION Buddhism General. bisacsh Martial arts. fast (OCoLC)fst01010821 China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 Medicine, Traditional. Arts martiaux Chine. Wushu gnd Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Shahar, Meir, 1959- Shaolin monastery. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2008 9780824831103 0824831101 (DLC) 2007032532 (OCoLC)163614110 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=236729 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3413297 ebrary EBRY ebr10386693 EBSCOhost EBSC 236729 Project MUSE MUSE muse11428 YBP Library Services YANK 10382715 YBP Library Services YANK 2885595 YBP Library Services YANK 13200929 92 N$T 49300 49300