Enlightenment in dispute : the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China / Jiang Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Jiang, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--China--History--17th century.

Zen Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He argues that the revival of Chan Buddhism depended upon reinventions of previous Chan ideals, which had been lost after the Song dynasty.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-439) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-33645-2

0-19-971540-8

9786612336454

OCLC:

489710678