| Date | 2008 |
| Publish_location | Oxford, England |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Digital Book (PDF) |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | BQ9262.9.C5 W8 2008d |
| Description | xix, 457 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note | Enlightenment in dispute : the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China / Jiang Wu. Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-439) and index.
Introduction -- The context of seventeenth-century China -- Reenvisioning Buddhism in the late Ming -- The Literati and Chan Buddhism -- The rise of Chan Buddhism -- The principle of Chan -- Clashes among enlightened minds -- The divergence of interpretation -- The Yongzheng Emperor and imperial intervention -- Lineage matters -- The debate about Tianhuang Daowu and Tianwang Daowu in the late Ming -- The lawsuit about Feiyin Tongrong's Wudeng yantong in the early Qing -- The aftermath -- Critical analysis -- Explaining the rise and fall of Chan Buddhism -- The pattern of Buddhist revival in the past -- Concluding remarks. |
| Subject | Chan 禪--China--History--17th century Zen Buddhism--China--History--17th century |
| ISBN | 9780195333572 ; 0195333578 |
| LCCN | 2007029033 |
