Eminent nuns : women Chan masters of seventeenth-century China /

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Although Buddhist nuns have been a continuous presence in Chinese culture since early medieval times and the subject of numerous scholarly studies, this book is one of the first not only to provide a detailed view of their activities at one particular moment in time (the seventeenth century), but al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grant, Beata, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Buddhist nuns > China > Biography.
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) > China.
Zen Buddhism > China > History > 17th century.
Nonnes bouddhistes > Chine > Biographies.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Bouddhisme zen > Chine.
Bouddhisme zen > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
Buddhist nuns.
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)
Zen Buddhism.
Zen-Buddhismus
Nonne
China.
China
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage: seventeenth-century texts and contexts
  • Images of nuns in the writings of seventeenth-century monks
  • The making of a woman Chan master: Qiyuan Xinggang
  • Qiyuan Xinggang as abbess, dharma teacher, and religious exemplar
  • Passing on the lamp: the dharma successors of Qiyuan Xinggang
  • From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche
  • From wise mother to Chan master: Baochi Jizong
  • Reviving the worlds of literary Chan: Zukui Jifu
  • From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru.

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