Enlightenment in dispute: the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China
Jiang Wu
Enlightenment in dispute: the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China
Author
Jiang WuPublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
Enlightenment in dispute: the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China / Jiang WuPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2008مPhysical Description
xix, 457 p.: ill.; 25 cm.Subject
Zen Buddhism -- China 17th century -- HistoryLanguage
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]304[-934( and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The context of seventeenth-century China -- Reenvisioning Buddhism in the late Ming -- The Literati and Chan Buddhism -- The rise of Chan Buddhism -- The principle of Chan -- Clashes among enlightened minds -- The divergence of interpretation -- The Yongzheng Emperor and imperial intervention -- Lineage matters -- The debate about Tianhuang Daowu and Tianwang Daowu in the late Ming -- The lawsuit about Feiyin Tongrong's Wudeng yantong in the early Qing -- The aftermath -- Critical analysis -- Explaining the rise and fall of Chan Buddhism -- The pattern of Buddhist revival in the past -- Concluding remarks