The Renewal of Buddhism in China

Stephen F. Teiser, coeditor of Readings of the Platform Sūtra:
Without a doubt, this new edition of The Renewal of Buddhism in China is much needed. In 1981, the original book set a new standard in the field, and there still remains no single monograph on the figure of Zhuhong aside from this one. Chün-fang Yü’s work is still groundbreaking after forty years.

Dorothy Ko, author of Teachers of the Inner Chambers: Women and Culture in Seventeenth-Century China:
In demonstrating how domesticity assumed central place in the theology and practice of monk Zhuhong's syncretic Buddhism, Chün-fang Yü has shifted the ground of historical analysis once and for all. Although the word "gender" did not appear in these pages because it had yet to appear in common language, this germinal book is a classic in the history of women and gender of China.

Timothy Brook, author of Great State: China and the World:
The Renewal of Buddhism in China changed my understanding of Chinese Buddhism when it was first published forty years ago. It revealed, as it still does, that Buddhism is not just an idea but a social movement that has been shaped by real people working in the real world. A classic that is still a classic.