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Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record sharpening a sword at the dragon gate

Title
Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record [electronic resource] : sharpening a sword at the dragon gate / Steven Heine.
Author
Heine, Steven, 1950-
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages)
Summary
"This book provides an innovative, critical textual and literary 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 long celebrated for its intricate and articulate interpretative methods"--
Uniform Title
Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record (Online)
Alternative Title
Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record (Online)
Subject
  • Yuanwu, 1063-1135
  • Koan
  • Zen literature, Chinese > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- 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 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Sino-Japanese Glossary.
LCCN
2015038077
OCLC
ssj0001662345
Author
Heine, Steven, 1950-
Title
Chan rhetoric of uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record [electronic resource] : sharpening a sword at the dragon gate / Steven Heine.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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