Adventures of the mad monk Ji Gong : the drunken wisdom of China's most famous Chan Buddhist monk / / Guo Xiaoting ; translated by John Robert Shaw ; introduction by Victoria Cass |
Autore | Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (896 p.) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Soggetto topico | Buddhist monks - China |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4629-1594-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Military Finance Officer Li visits Buddha and begs for a son; an immortal lohan descends to earth and begins anew the cycle of reincarnation; 2. Dong Shihong sells a daughter to bury a relative; the living lohan rescues a virtuous man; 3. The arts of Chan cure illness in the Zhao home; Buddha's laws operate in secret to end sorrows; 4. Liu Taizhen is deluded by the arts of Chan; Li Guoyuan goes to breakfast and loses a prince's tally; 5. Zhao Wenhui goes to the West Lake to visit Ji Gong; the drunken Chan master explains celestial bargaining
6. Zhao Bin attempts to visit the Great Pavilion a fearless hero is sent upon a horrible errand; 7. Reunited heroes rescue a studious young man; Han Dianyuan reforms his ways with Ji Gong's help; 8. A false order from the prime minister commands that the Great Pagoda be pulled down; the vagabond saint manifests his powers to punish the evil lower officials; 9. Soldiers surround the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat and bring back the mad monk in fetters; Ji Gong's games with the village headmen end with a drunken entrance into the prime minister's estate 10. Prime Minister Qin sees a ghostly spirit in a dream Ji Gong comes by night to exercise the arts of Buddha; 11. Zhao Bin stealthily visits the estate of Prime Minister Qin; the guiltless Wang Xing is mercilessly punished; 12. Qin Da practices a cruel deception; Qin Da seeks to separate a faithful couple; 13. Wang Xing and his family leave Linan forever; Qin Da is stricken by a strange illness that Ji Gong is asked to cure; 14. A subtle medicine is used to play a joke upon the prime minister's household; a talent for matching couplets amazes the prime minister 15. Changed beyond recognition, an honored monk returns to the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat Ji Gong's money is stolen by a bold ruffian; 16. Spring Fragrance meets a saintly monk in a house of prostitution; Zhao Wenhui sees a poem and feels pity for the writer; 17. A young woman in distress is escorted to the Bright Purity Nunnery; driven by poverty, Gao Guoqin returns to his native place; 18. Gao Guoqin goes to visit a friend, leaving some verses as a message to his wife; Ji Gong is begged to foretell the absent husband's fate; 19. The searchers find the impoverished scholar the desperate Gao Guoqin returns to familiar scenes20. When sympathetic friends meet, kindness is repaid with kindness; resentment cherished in the heart of an inferior man brings grievous injury; 21. The virtuous magistrate investigates a strange case; Ji Gong follows the robbers to the Yin Family Ford; 22. The capture of the robbers solves the strange case; a plan for systematic charity is put into action; 23. In the market town of Yunlan, an evil Daoist brings forth a supernatural manifestation; the benevolent Liang Wanzang suffers a calamity 24. Ji Gong hampers the defrauding of the Liang family |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459719803321 |
Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > | ||
Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Adventures of the mad monk Ji Gong : the drunken wisdom of China's most famous Chan Buddhist monk / / Guo Xiaoting ; translated by John Robert Shaw ; introduction by Victoria Cass |
Autore | Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (896 p.) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Soggetto topico | Buddhist monks - China |
ISBN | 1-4629-1594-9 |
Classificazione | REL007000PHI028000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Military Finance Officer Li visits Buddha and begs for a son; an immortal lohan descends to earth and begins anew the cycle of reincarnation; 2. Dong Shihong sells a daughter to bury a relative; the living lohan rescues a virtuous man; 3. The arts of Chan cure illness in the Zhao home; Buddha's laws operate in secret to end sorrows; 4. Liu Taizhen is deluded by the arts of Chan; Li Guoyuan goes to breakfast and loses a prince's tally; 5. Zhao Wenhui goes to the West Lake to visit Ji Gong; the drunken Chan master explains celestial bargaining
6. Zhao Bin attempts to visit the Great Pavilion a fearless hero is sent upon a horrible errand; 7. Reunited heroes rescue a studious young man; Han Dianyuan reforms his ways with Ji Gong's help; 8. A false order from the prime minister commands that the Great Pagoda be pulled down; the vagabond saint manifests his powers to punish the evil lower officials; 9. Soldiers surround the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat and bring back the mad monk in fetters; Ji Gong's games with the village headmen end with a drunken entrance into the prime minister's estate 10. Prime Minister Qin sees a ghostly spirit in a dream Ji Gong comes by night to exercise the arts of Buddha; 11. Zhao Bin stealthily visits the estate of Prime Minister Qin; the guiltless Wang Xing is mercilessly punished; 12. Qin Da practices a cruel deception; Qin Da seeks to separate a faithful couple; 13. Wang Xing and his family leave Linan forever; Qin Da is stricken by a strange illness that Ji Gong is asked to cure; 14. A subtle medicine is used to play a joke upon the prime minister's household; a talent for matching couplets amazes the prime minister 15. Changed beyond recognition, an honored monk returns to the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat Ji Gong's money is stolen by a bold ruffian; 16. Spring Fragrance meets a saintly monk in a house of prostitution; Zhao Wenhui sees a poem and feels pity for the writer; 17. A young woman in distress is escorted to the Bright Purity Nunnery; driven by poverty, Gao Guoqin returns to his native place; 18. Gao Guoqin goes to visit a friend, leaving some verses as a message to his wife; Ji Gong is begged to foretell the absent husband's fate; 19. The searchers find the impoverished scholar the desperate Gao Guoqin returns to familiar scenes20. When sympathetic friends meet, kindness is repaid with kindness; resentment cherished in the heart of an inferior man brings grievous injury; 21. The virtuous magistrate investigates a strange case; Ji Gong follows the robbers to the Yin Family Ford; 22. The capture of the robbers solves the strange case; a plan for systematic charity is put into action; 23. In the market town of Yunlan, an evil Daoist brings forth a supernatural manifestation; the benevolent Liang Wanzang suffers a calamity 24. Ji Gong hampers the defrauding of the Liang family |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787071303321 |
Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > | ||
Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Adventures of the mad monk Ji Gong : the drunken wisdom of China's most famous Chan Buddhist monk / / Guo Xiaoting ; translated by John Robert Shaw ; introduction by Victoria Cass |
Autore | Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (896 p.) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Soggetto topico | Buddhist monks - China |
ISBN | 1-4629-1594-9 |
Classificazione | REL007000PHI028000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Military Finance Officer Li visits Buddha and begs for a son; an immortal lohan descends to earth and begins anew the cycle of reincarnation; 2. Dong Shihong sells a daughter to bury a relative; the living lohan rescues a virtuous man; 3. The arts of Chan cure illness in the Zhao home; Buddha's laws operate in secret to end sorrows; 4. Liu Taizhen is deluded by the arts of Chan; Li Guoyuan goes to breakfast and loses a prince's tally; 5. Zhao Wenhui goes to the West Lake to visit Ji Gong; the drunken Chan master explains celestial bargaining
6. Zhao Bin attempts to visit the Great Pavilion a fearless hero is sent upon a horrible errand; 7. Reunited heroes rescue a studious young man; Han Dianyuan reforms his ways with Ji Gong's help; 8. A false order from the prime minister commands that the Great Pagoda be pulled down; the vagabond saint manifests his powers to punish the evil lower officials; 9. Soldiers surround the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat and bring back the mad monk in fetters; Ji Gong's games with the village headmen end with a drunken entrance into the prime minister's estate 10. Prime Minister Qin sees a ghostly spirit in a dream Ji Gong comes by night to exercise the arts of Buddha; 11. Zhao Bin stealthily visits the estate of Prime Minister Qin; the guiltless Wang Xing is mercilessly punished; 12. Qin Da practices a cruel deception; Qin Da seeks to separate a faithful couple; 13. Wang Xing and his family leave Linan forever; Qin Da is stricken by a strange illness that Ji Gong is asked to cure; 14. A subtle medicine is used to play a joke upon the prime minister's household; a talent for matching couplets amazes the prime minister 15. Changed beyond recognition, an honored monk returns to the Monastery of the Soul's Retreat Ji Gong's money is stolen by a bold ruffian; 16. Spring Fragrance meets a saintly monk in a house of prostitution; Zhao Wenhui sees a poem and feels pity for the writer; 17. A young woman in distress is escorted to the Bright Purity Nunnery; driven by poverty, Gao Guoqin returns to his native place; 18. Gao Guoqin goes to visit a friend, leaving some verses as a message to his wife; Ji Gong is begged to foretell the absent husband's fate; 19. The searchers find the impoverished scholar the desperate Gao Guoqin returns to familiar scenes20. When sympathetic friends meet, kindness is repaid with kindness; resentment cherished in the heart of an inferior man brings grievous injury; 21. The virtuous magistrate investigates a strange case; Ji Gong follows the robbers to the Yin Family Ford; 22. The capture of the robbers solves the strange case; a plan for systematic charity is put into action; 23. In the market town of Yunlan, an evil Daoist brings forth a supernatural manifestation; the benevolent Liang Wanzang suffers a calamity 24. Ji Gong hampers the defrauding of the Liang family |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813836903321 |
Guo Xiaoting <active 18th century, > | ||
Clarendon, Vermont : , : Tuttle Publishing, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another phenomenology of humanity : a reading of A dream of red mansions / / Xunwu Chen |
Autore | Chen Xunwu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Soggetto topico | Phenomenology and literature |
ISBN | 1-4985-0455-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Chinese Glossary; 1 Introduction; Philosophy and Literature; Making of the Crown Jewel: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism; What Is This Book About?; Notes; 2 Fate and Ontology of Humanity; The Chinese Concept of Fate; Burden of Existence: Author, Owner, and Guardian; Fate, Family, and Community; Making of Fate; Notes; 3 Laws and Others; The Chinese Concept of Wu Ji Bi Fan; Love: Middle Term or Opposite Term?; Desires: Limit or Limited?; Glory: It Is Cold to Be at the Height; The Power of Cunning: A Double-Edged Sword; Stopping at the Right Point; Notes; 4 Fate and Contingency
Contingency and Human NatureContingency and Human Existence; The Color of Contingency; Contingency and Necessity; Contingency and Crisis; Existential Competence; Zen Mind and Enlightenment; Notes; 5 Self, Authenticity, and the Sentiment of Being; Self and Substance; The Poetic Consciousness; The Queenly Consciousness; The Restless Consciousness; The Alienated Consciousness; Home and the Authentic Heart-Mind; Notes; 6 Conclusion; Growth, More Growth, and Constant Growth of a Self; Freedom, Responsibility, and Creativity; Horizon, Enlightenment, and Happiness; Notes; Bibliography; Index About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797415603321 |
Chen Xunwu | ||
Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Another phenomenology of humanity : a reading of A dream of red mansions / / Xunwu Chen |
Autore | Chen Xunwu |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Soggetto topico | Phenomenology and literature |
ISBN | 1-4985-0455-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Chinese Glossary; 1 Introduction; Philosophy and Literature; Making of the Crown Jewel: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism; What Is This Book About?; Notes; 2 Fate and Ontology of Humanity; The Chinese Concept of Fate; Burden of Existence: Author, Owner, and Guardian; Fate, Family, and Community; Making of Fate; Notes; 3 Laws and Others; The Chinese Concept of Wu Ji Bi Fan; Love: Middle Term or Opposite Term?; Desires: Limit or Limited?; Glory: It Is Cold to Be at the Height; The Power of Cunning: A Double-Edged Sword; Stopping at the Right Point; Notes; 4 Fate and Contingency
Contingency and Human NatureContingency and Human Existence; The Color of Contingency; Contingency and Necessity; Contingency and Crisis; Existential Competence; Zen Mind and Enlightenment; Notes; 5 Self, Authenticity, and the Sentiment of Being; Self and Substance; The Poetic Consciousness; The Queenly Consciousness; The Restless Consciousness; The Alienated Consciousness; Home and the Authentic Heart-Mind; Notes; 6 Conclusion; Growth, More Growth, and Constant Growth of a Self; Freedom, Responsibility, and Creativity; Horizon, Enlightenment, and Happiness; Notes; Bibliography; Index About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815738103321 |
Chen Xunwu | ||
Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fiction's Family : Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late-Qing China / / Ellen Widmer |
Autore | Widmer Ellen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 329 pages :) : illustrations ; |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Collana | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law |
Soggetto topico |
Women in literature
Women and literature - China - History - 19th century Chinese literature - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - History and criticism Women - China - Social conditions - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-68417-083-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late-Qing China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796307303321 |
Widmer Ellen | ||
Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fiction's Family : Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late-Qing China / / Ellen Widmer |
Autore | Widmer Ellen |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 329 pages :) : illustrations ; |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Collana | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law |
Soggetto topico |
Women in literature
Women and literature - China - History - 19th century Chinese literature - Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 - History and criticism Women - China - Social conditions - 19th century |
ISBN | 1-68417-083-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Zhan Xi, Zhan Kai, and the Business of Women in Late-Qing China |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819339803321 |
Widmer Ellen | ||
Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Xueqin and Xakespeare : Reading the Story of the Stone Through Hamlet |
Autore | Forsyth Judith |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
Disciplina | 895.13/48 |
Collana | Routledge Studies in Comparative Literature Series |
ISBN |
1-04-001266-3
1-03-263555-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910842033303321 |
Forsyth Judith | ||
Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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