- 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
- 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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