| Description |
1 online resource (x, 336 pages) |
| Contents |
Selected Instructions to the Assembly in Zhongfeng Extensive Record -- Ten Poems on Living on a Boat in Zhongfeng Extensive Record -- Selections from Zhongfeng Dharma Talks in Zhongfeng Record B |
| Summary |
"This book provides an introduction (from the perspective of Chan/Zen Studies) to the teachings of the key figure of Yuan-dynasty Chan: Zhongfeng Mingben. Zhongfeng was a leading student of Gaofeng Yuanmiao. At Gaofeng's death, Zhongfeng left the mountain and for many years resided in various small mountain hermitages (often called "Dwelling-in-the-Phantasmal Hermitages"). On occasion, he chose to live on a houseboat. He drew students from all over East Asia: Yunnan, Turfan, Mongol officials; Koreans, Japanese, and so forth. The primary focus is on illustrating Zhongfeng's Chan style via translation of selected works in his Chan records. The texts selected from his Chan records include the standard genres instructions to the assembly and dharma talks; the miscellany Night Conversations in a Mountain Hermitage (which covers such topics as the nature of the huatou; the relationship between the bodhisattva stages and Chan; numinous knowing versus false knowing, and so forth); one-hundred poems in imitation of the well-known collection Hanshan's Poems (Poems of Cold Mountain); admonitions on cross-legged sitting Chan, and so forth. Zhongfeng's wider social world, cultural context, and idiosyncratic calligraphy are addressed only in passing"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English and Chinese |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 26, 2023) |
| Subject |
Mingben, Shi, 1263-1323.
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| SUBJECT |
Mingben, Shi, 1263-1323 fast |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhism -- Early works to 1800
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Zen Buddhism
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Watanabe, Elise Yoko.
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| LC no. |
2023006051 |
| ISBN |
9780197673003 |
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0197673007 |
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9780197672990 |
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019767299X |
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