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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morrison, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Sinica Leidensia ; v. 94.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction Chinese Buddhism, Lineage, and Qisong; Part One The Genealogy of Lineage; Chapter One Buddhist Notions of Succession and Transmission in India and Pre-Chan China; Chapter Two The Emergence of Chan Lineage; Part Two The Life of Qisong; Chapter Three The Life of Qisong; Chapter Four "The Great Succession is Not Clear": Qisong's Composition of the True Lineage Texts and the Campaign for Their Acceptance at Court; Part Three Qisong on Lineage and History
  • Chapter Five Qisong as Historian: A Reading of the First Fascicle of the Critical Essay on the True Lineage of the Transmission of the DharmaChapter Six Qisong on Lineage: The Critical Essay Revised and Defended; Concluding Remarks; Appendix Annotated Translation of the Critical Essay by the Song Sramana Shi Qisong of Dongshan [Si] in Tengzhou T.51.2080.773C; Bibliography; Index