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The power of patriarchs : Qisong and lineage in Chinese Buddhism /
The Chan monk Qisong (1007-1072), an important figure in Northern Song religious and intellectual history, has garnered relatively little scholarly attention. This book provides a detailed biography with a focus on the influential historical writings he composed to defend Chan claims of a "mind...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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| Colección: | Sinica Leidensia ;
v. 94. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Chan monk Qisong (1007-1072), an important figure in Northern Song religious and intellectual history, has garnered relatively little scholarly attention. This book provides a detailed biography with a focus on the influential historical writings he composed to defend Chan claims of a "mind-to-mind transmission" tracing back to the historical Buddha. It places his defense of lineage in the context not only of attacks by the rival Tiantai school but also of the larger backdrop of the development of lineage and patriarchs as sources of authority in Chinese Buddhism. It advances new |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 305 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004190221 9004190228 9789004183018 9004183019 |
| ISSN: | 0169-9563 ; |