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Author Mazanec, Thomas J., author.

Title Poet-monks : the invention of Buddhist poetry in late medieval China / Thomas J. Mazanec
Published Ithaca, New York : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Cornell East Asia series ; number 217
Cornell East Asia series ; 217.
Contents Introducing poet-monks: history, geography, and sociality -- Inventing poet-monks: the first generation and their reception, 760-810 -- Becoming poet-monks: the formation of a tradition, 810-960 -- Repetition: retriplication and negation -- Incantation: sonority and foreignness -- Meditation: effort and absorption
Summary "Using digital and traditional methods, Poet-Monks traces the rise of Buddhist poet-monks in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China and the way these monks merged together religious and literary practices, with a particular focus on Guanxiu and Qiji"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2024)
Subject Guanxiu, 832-912.
Qi, Ji, approximately 860-approximately 930.
Buddhist poetry, Chinese -- China -- History -- To 1500
Buddhist monks -- China -- History -- To 1500
Poets, Chinese -- Tang dynasty, 618-907.
Poetry -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023015813
ISBN 9781501773853
1501773852
9781501773846
1501773844