Chinese Buddhism, focusing on death, offers the richest theory of death in Chinese history of ideology. From the view of thanatology, the thesis study the concept of death in Chinese Buddhism with the method of history and logic and the thinking in natural science. The paper explores the following problems: the position of Buddhism death concept in the traditional culture; its ideological system; and its social influence.The main conclusions are: firstly, Buddhism concept of death inherits and develops Chin...
