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Author Jia, Jinhua.

Title The Hongzhou school of Chan Buddhism in eighth- through tenth-century China / Jinhua Jia
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 220 pages)
Contents Ch. 1. Biography of Mazu Daoyi -- Ch. 2. Mazu Daoyi's disciples -- Ch. 3. Examination of the Hongzhou School Literature -- Ch. 4. Chan doctrine and practice of the Hongzhou School -- Ch. 5. Road to orthodoxy -- Ch. 6. Schism of the Hongzhou School during the late Tang and Five Dynasties : deconstructing the traditional genealogy of two lines and five houses -- App. Annotated translation of Mazu Daoyi's discourses
Summary "This book provides a wide-ranging examination of the Hongzhou school of Chan Buddhism - the precursor to Zen Buddhism - under Mazu Daoyi (709-788) and his successors in eighth- through tenth-century China, which was created with creating a Golden Age or classical tradition. Jinhua Jia uses stele inscriptions and other previously ignored texts to explore the school's teachings and history. Defending the school as a full-fledged, significant lineage, Jia reconstructs Mazu's biography and resolves controversies about his disciples. In contrast to the many scholars who either accept or reject the traditional Chan histories and discourse records, she thoroughly examines the Hongzhou literature to differentiate the original, authentic portions from later layers of modification and recreation." "The book describes the emergence and maturity of encounter dialogue and analyzes the new doctrines and practices of the school to revise the traditional notion of Mazu and his followers as iconoclasts. It also depicts the strivings of Mazu's disciples for orthodoxy and how the criticisms of and reflections on Hongzhou doctrine led to the schism of this line and the rise of the Shitou line and various houses during the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Jia refutes the traditional Chan genealogy of two lines and five houses and calls for new frameworks in the study of Chan history. An annotated translation of datable discourses of Mazu is also included."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-208) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Mazu, 709-788.
SUBJECT Mazu, 709-788 fast
Subject Hongzhou (Sect) -- History
Zen Buddhism -- China -- History
PHILOSOPHY -- Zen.
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Zen.
Hongzhou (Sect)
Zen Buddhism
China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005025465
ISBN 1429412828
9781429412827
0791468232
9780791468234
9780791481424
0791481425