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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154302303321

Autore

Heine Steven <1950->

Titolo

Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record : sharpening a sword at the dragon gate / / Steven Heine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

ISBN

9780199397792

0-19-939779-1

0-19-939776-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)

Disciplina

294.3927

Soggetti

Koan - lemac

Zen literature, Chinese - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Prolegomenon to a New Hermeneutic: On Being Uncertain About Uncertainty -- 2. Entering the Dragon Gate: Textual Formation in Historical and Rhetorical Contexts -- 3. Unintended Baggage? Part One: Yuanwu in His Own Write Vis-à-vis Xuedou -- 4. Unintended Baggage? Part Two: Yuanwu in His Own Write Vis-à-vis Dahui -- 5. Sharpening a Sword: Case Studies of Representative Gongan -- 6. Questions Are in the Answers: Enduring Legacy in Relation to Textual Controversies -- Appendicies.

Sommario/riassunto

This work provides an innovative and critical analysis, in light of Song dynasty (960-11279) Chinese cultural and intellectual historical trends, of the Blue Cliff Record, the seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongan/koan cases, which has long been celebrated for its intricate and articulate interpretative methods.