Die Universität Göttingen feiert am Montag, 26. Juni 2017, in der Aula am Wilhelmsplatz die Unterzeichnung einer Absichtserklärung zur Förderung eines neuen Zentrums für Buddhismuskunde. Schwerpunkt des angestrebten Zentrums wird die vergleichende Erforschung des chinesischen Buddhismus sein, insbesondere des in China am weitesten verbreiteten Chan-Buddhismus (japanisch Zen-Buddhismus). Das Zentrum wird gefördert vom Tempel des Sechsten […]

Abstract: This year will see the 19th Party Congress. marking a moment of re-evaluation for the Communist Party policy and elite leadership. Under Xi since 2012 there has been what is claimed to have been a concentration of power within his hands. But how can we best understand this power, and what sense does it […]

Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th century, the alien idea of century began to replace other traditional concepts of chronology in China and reshaped Chinese idea of time. Following the application of 20th century in Chinese context, other related concepts such as 19th century, 18th century and their sequence emerged as derivatives of 20th […]