by Jean-Nöel Robert · ISBN 9782251338408
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This book explores the historical and cultural relationship between Rome and China, two of the most influential civilizations of the ancient world. It analyzes trade exchanges, cultural influences, and mutual perceptions between these two great powers throughout history.
Jean-Noël Alexandre Robert is a French orientalist, specialist of the history of Buddhism in Japan and of its Chinese predecessors. His work particularly focus on Tendai and the philology of Sino-Japanese Buddhist texts. He is the author of the French translation of the Lotus Sutra, a seminal text of Mahayana Buddhism, from the original Chinese.
