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 |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2010.
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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