The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts

by Meir Shahar

$150 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 281 pages. A near-fine copy. Item #408937 ISBN: 9780824831103 First edition. 'This meticulously researched and eminently readable study considers the economic, political, and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st

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