Hardcover
Release Date:01 Jun 1994
ISBN:9780824815417
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Lives of the Nuns

Biographies of Chinese Buddhist Nuns from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries

Translated with commentary by Kathryn Ann Tsai; Edited by Shih Pao-ch'ang
University of Hawaii Press

This book contains the biographies of 65 Chinese women who were Buddhist monks in early China. It is a great read for anyone interested in Buddhism or women in religion.

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