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

By: Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xix, 457 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780195333572 (cloth)
  • 0195333578 (cloth)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Enlightenment in dispute.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/927095109032 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ9262.9.C5 W8 2008
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.
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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.

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