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.