Bibliograph

Enlightenment in dispute, the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China, Jiang Wu

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Enlightenment in dispute, the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China, Jiang Wu

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Enlightenment in dispute

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

271579563

Responsibility statement

Jiang Wu

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China

Summary

Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He argues that the revival of Chan Buddhism depended upon reinventions of previous Chan ideals, which had been lost after the Song dynasty

Target audience

specialized

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