The article analyzes biographies of Vinaya monks in Chinese Buddhism from the late Ming to the Qing period and the role of monasteries and secular patrons.
Keywords:
Chinese Buddhism; genealogy; monk biographies; Vinaya; Ming; Qing; China
The article examines the publication and reception of the Chinese poetic collection “Landun Shiyong” in the context of Anglo-Chinese contacts before the Opium War.
Keywords:
Landun shiyong; Chinese poetry; Qing China; J. F. Davis; K. F. A. Gutzlaff
The article reconstructs the history of Banū Tamīm from the third to the first half of the sixth century and its relations with the Sasanian state, Lakhmids and Kindites.
The article describes the Department of Middle Eastern History at Moscow State University and its place in the development of Russian Oriental studies.
