Flowers blooming on a withered tree : Giun's verse comments on Dōgen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye / Steven Heine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heine, Steven, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Giun, 1253-1333. Shōbō genzō hinmokuju.

Giun.

Giun, 1253-1333.

Dōgen, 1200-1253. Shōbō genzō.

Dōgen.

Sōtōsh--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.

Sōtōsh.

Shōbō genzō (Dōgen).

Theology, Doctrinal.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xii, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This volume containing a translation, annotations, and historical studies of Giun's (1200-1253) Verse Comments on Dōgen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shōbōgenzō hinmokuju) represents the initial book-length contribution to a crucial though previously unnoticed sub-field in Japanese Buddhist studies involving text-historical and literary-philological examinations of a key example of the copious premodern collections of annotations and interpretations of the masterwork of Zen master Dōgen. It is the first study of the life and thought of Giun and of the 60-fascicle version of Dōgen's masterwork, which are crucial for understanding the history of the Sōtō Zen Buddhist sect's intellectual development. The main translation of this texts consists of four-line verses and capping phrases composed by Giun, which is accompanied by additional capping phrases that were contributed by an eighteenth-century commentator, Katsusdō Honkō. The book also provides an examination of the background and influences exerted on and by Giun's Verse Comments in relation to various aspects of Dōgen's writings and Zen thought in China and Japan"-- Provided by publisher.

"This volume containing a translation, annotations, and historical studies of Giun's (1200-1253) Verse Comments on D�ogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Sh�ob�ogenz�o hinmokuju) represents the initial book-length contribution to a crucial though previously unnoticed sub-field in Japanese Buddhist studies involving text-historical and literary-philological examinations of a key example of the copious premodern collections of annotations and interpretations of the masterwork of Zen master D�ogen. It is the first study of the life and thought of Giun and of the 60-fascicle version of D�ogen's masterwork, which are crucial for understanding the history of the S�ot�o Zen Buddhist sect's intellectual development. The main translation of this texts consists of four-line verses and capping phrases composed by Giun, which is accompanied by additional capping phrases that were contributed by an eighteenth-century commentator, Katsusd�o Honk�o. The book also provides an examination of the background and influences exerted on and by Giun's Verse Comments in relation to various aspects of D�ogen's writings and Zen thought in China and Japan"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I Historical Investigations

1 A Mystical Path Stemming from Eiheiji: The Significance of Text and Author p. 3

2 Nothing Hidden in the Entire Universe: Giun and the Formation of the 60-Fascicle Edition p. 37

II Translations and Interpretations

3 Giun's Verse Comments and Capping Phrases: Full Text with Glosses p. 79

4 Selected Supplementary Poems by Giun and Other Relevant Monk-Poets p. 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Giun, 1253-1333. Shōbō genzō hinmokuju. English.

Other Format:

Online version: Heine, Steven, 1950- Flowers blooming on a withered tree

ISBN:

9780190941345

0190941340

OCLC:

1149226149

Publisher Number:

99985358481