Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series on Buddhism
印證佛學講座
Speaker: John Kieschnick, Stanford University
主講人：柯嘉豪（斯坦福大學）
Discussant: Roel Sterckx, University of Cambridge
評議人：胡司德（劍橋大學）
Organiser and Host: Noga Ganany, University of Cambridge
组织与主持：高諾佳（劍橋大學）
Time: June 19th, 2025, 14:00 BST
Venue: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Rooms 8&9 (and online)
時間：2025年6月19日，英國夏令時14:00 地點：劍橋大學亞洲與中東研究學院8&9號會議室（線上線下同步）
Title: “Chinese Buddhist Vegetarianism in Five Words”
题目：《五字觀中國佛教素食史》
Abstract:
"Chinese Buddhist Vegetarianism in Five Words." This talk takes as its starting point five words—欲 (desire), 業 (karma), 慈 (compassion), 清 (purity) and 味 (flavor)—in an attempt to identify five major themes driving the history of Buddhist vegetarianism in China over the course of roughly 1600 years.
摘要：
本次講座以五個漢字──欲（慾望）、業（業力）、慈（慈悲）、清（清淨）、味（滋味）──為切入點，探討近1600年來中國佛教素食文化發展的五大核心主題。
Speaker:
John Kieschnick is The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies. He specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of the Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, and Buddhist Historiography in China. He is currently writing a history of Chinese vegetarianism.
主讲人简介： 柯嘉豪（John Kieschnick）現任何鴻毅家族基金佛學講座教授，專研中國佛教文化史。著作包括《高僧：中古中國的佛教理想》《佛教對中國物質文化的影響》《中國佛教史學》等，目前正撰寫《中國素食文化史》。
Launched in September, 2121, the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series (印證佛學傑出學術系列講座) is a collaborative, multi-university partnership between Peking University, Columbia University, Princeton University, Harvard University, University of British Columbia, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
The Lecture Series is established in honour of Venerable Cheng-yen 證嚴, founder of Tzu Chi, and her mentor Yinshun 印順 (1906–2005), with the goal of promoting topics in Buddhist studies. The series is organised at Cambridge by Dr Noga Ganany with the generous support of the Tzu Chi Foundation.
This lecture in the series is given by Prof. John Kieschnick, Stanford University, with discussant Prof. Roel Sterckx, University of Cambridge.
This talk takes as its starting point five words—欲 (desire), 業 (karma), 慈 (compassion), 清 (purity) and 味 (flavor)—in an attempt to identify five major themes driving the history of Buddhist vegetarianism in China over the course of roughly 1600 years.
John Kieschnick is The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies. He specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of the Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, and Buddhist Historiography in China. He is currently writing a history of Chinese vegetarianism.