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  • Barrett, T. H. Li Ao: Buddhist, Taoist or Neo-Confucian?. Curzon Books, University of Hawaii, 1992.
  • ---. "Was Rhere an Imperial Distribution of Buddha Relics in Ninth-century China?" Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 68 Issue 03 October 2005: 451-454.
  • Benn, James A. "Written in Flames: Self-Immolation in Sixth-Century Sichuan." T'oung Pao Volume 92 Numbers 4-5 2006: 410-465.
  • Brook, Timothy. Praying For Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China. Cambridge: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1993.
  • Buswell, Robert Jr., ed. Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.
  • Chen, Jinhua. "An Alternative View of the Meditation Tradition in China: Meditation in the Life and Works of Daoxuan (596-667)." T'oung Pao Vol 88 Fasc. 4/5 (2002): 332-395.
  • ---. "The Indian Buddhist Missionary Dharmaksema (385-433): A New Dating of His Arrival in Guzang and of His Translations."T'oung Pao Vol. 90 Fasc. 4/5 (2004): 215-263.
  • Ch'en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1964.
  • ---. The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.
  • Choong, Mun-keat. "A comparison of the P?li and Chinese versions of the Br?hmana Samyutta, a collection of early Buddhist discourses on the priestly Br?hmanas." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 19 Issue 03 July 2009: 371-382.
  • Cole, Alan. Mothers and Sons in Chinese Buddhism. Stanford University Press, 1998.
  • Copp, Paul. "Notes on the term 'Dh?ra ?' in medieval Chinese Buddhist thought." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 71 Issue 03 October 2008: 493-508.
  • Dumolin, S.J. Heinrich. A History of Zen Buddhism. Translated by Paul Peachey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1963.
  • Faure, Bernard. The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1997.
  • Grant, Beata. Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
  • Greene, Eric. "Another Look at Early Chan: Daoxuan, Bodhidharma, and the Three Levels Movement." T'oung Pao Volume 94 Numbers 1-3 2008: 49-114.
  • Gregory, Peter N. and Getz, Daniel A. Jr. (ed.). Buddhism in the Sung. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.
  • Gregory, Peter. Tsung-mi and the Sinification of Buddhism. Princeton University Press, 1991.
  • ---, ed. Sudden and Gradual Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988.
  • ---, ed. Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987.
  • Heirman, Ann. "Can We Trace the Early Dharmaguptakas?" T'oung Pao Vol 88 Fasc. 4/5 (2002): 396-429.
  • Hubbard, Jamie. Absolute Delusion, Perfect Buddhahood: The Rise and Fall of a Chinese Heresy. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
  • Kieschnick, John. The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
  • Loveday, Helen. "La biblioth?que tournante en Chine: quelques remarques sur son r?le et son ?volution 1." T'oung Pao Volume 86 Numbers 4-5 2000: 225-279.
  • Lusthaus, Dan. Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yog?c?ra Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih lun. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
  • McRae, John. The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch'an Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
  • Sen, Tansen. "The Revival and Failure of Buddhist Translations during the Song Dynasty." T'oung Pao Vol. 88 Fasc. 1/3 (2002): 27-80.
  • Sharf, Robert H. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism: A Reading of the Treasure Store Treatise. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.
  • Teiser, Stephen. The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
  • ---. "On Pure Land Buddhism and Ch'an/Pure Land Syncretism in Medieval China." T'oung Pao Vol 88 Fasc. 4/5 (2002): 282-331.
  • Tarocco, Francesca. "Lost in translation? The Treatise on the Mah?y?na Awakening of Faith (Dasheng qixin lun) and its modern readings." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 71 Issue 02 June 2008: 323-343.
  • Tsai, Kathryn, trans.Lives of the Nuns: Biographies of Chinese Buddhist Nuns from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries. Honolulu: University. of Hawaii Press, 1994.
  • Tuttle, Gray. Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
  • Watson, Burton, trans. The Lotus Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.
  • ---, trans. The Vimalakirti Sutra. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
  • ---, trans. The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi: A Translaton of the Lin-chi lu. New York: Columbia University Press,1999.
  • Weidner, Marsha, et al. Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism, 850-1850. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
  • Wright, Arthur. Studies in Chinese Buddhism. Edited by Robert Sommers. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
  • ---, Buddhism in Chinese History. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1985.
  • ---. Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.
  • Yifa and Zongze. The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan qinggui. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.
  • Yu, Chun-fang. The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-hung and the Late Ming Synthesis. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981.
  • Zacchetti, Stefano. "An Early Chinese Translation Corresponding to Chapter 6 of the Petakopadesa: An Shigao's 'Yin chi ru jing' T 603 and Its Indian Original: A Preliminary Survey." Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Vol. 65 No. 1 2002: 74-98.
  • Zurcher, Erik. The Buddhist Conquest of China. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1959.
  • See the numerous volumes in the University if Hawaii Press Series published in association with the Kuroda Institute.