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

Wu, Jiang, 1969-

Enlightenment in dispute : the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China / Jiang Wu. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xix, 457 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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

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.

9780195333572 (cloth) 0195333578 (cloth)

2007029033


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

BQ9262.9.C5 / W8 2008

294.3/927095109032