TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shahar,Meir
TI  - The Shaolin monastery: history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts 
SN  - 9781435666481
AV  - BQ6345.T462 S52275 2008eb
U1  - 294.3/657095118 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Honolulu
PB  - University of Hawai'i Press
KW  - Shao lin si (Dengfeng Shi, China)
KW  - History
KW  - Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, China)
KW  - fast
KW  - Shao lin si (Dengfeng Xian, Chine)
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Shaolin-Kloster
KW  - gnd
KW  - Martial arts
KW  - China
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Medicine, Traditional
KW  - Arts martiaux
KW  - Chine
KW  - Wushu
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index; 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
N2  - "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
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