Buddhist apologetics in East Asia : countering the neo-Confucian critiques in the Hufa lun and the Yusŏk chirŭi non / by Uri Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Uri, author.

Series:

Numen Book Series; volume163.

Numen Book Series; volume163

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Apologetic works.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Relations--Neo-confucianism.

Neo-Confucianism--Relations--Buddhism.

Neo-Confucianism.

Zhang, Shangying, 1043-1121. Hu fa lun.

Zhang, Shangying.

Kihwa, 1376-1433. Yusŏk chirŭiron.

Kihwa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Language Note:

English and Chinese.

Summary:

While the Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism is fairly well-known, little attention has been given to the Buddhist reactions to this harangue. The fact is, however, that over a dozen apologetic essays have been written by Buddhists in China, Korea, and Japan in response to the Neo-Confucians. Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia offers an introduction to this Buddhist literary genre. It centers on full translations of two dominant apologetic works—the Hufa lun (護法論), written by a Buddhist politician in twelfth-century China, and the Yusŏk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論), authored by an anonymous monk in fifteenth-century Korea. Put together, these two texts demonstrate the wide variety of polemical strategies and the cross-national intertextuality of East Asian Buddhist apologetics.

"While the Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism is fairly well-known, little attention has been given to the Buddhist reactions to this harangue. The fact is, however, that over a dozen apologetic essays have been written by Buddhists in China, Korea, and Japan in response to the Neo-Confucians. Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia offers an introduction to this Buddhist literary genre. It centers on full translations of two dominant apologetic works-the Hufa lun (護法論), written by a Buddhist politician in twelfth-century China, and the Yusÿk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論), authored by an anonymous monk in fifteenth-century Korea. Put together, these two texts demonstrate the wide variety of polemical strategies and the cross-national intertextuality of East Asian Buddhist apologetics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Translations.

Introduction. Early Chinese Buddhist polemics

The Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism

Buddhist responses to the Neo-Confucians

Apologetic strategies and themes

Translations. In defense of the dharma : annotated translation of Zhang Shangying's Hufa lun (護法論)

Probing the doubts and concerns between Buddhism and Confucianism : annotated translation of the Yusŏk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40788-X

OCLC:

1108806849

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004407886 DOI