Illusory Abiding

The Cultural Construction of the Chan Monk Zhongfeng Mingben

Author:
Natasha Heller
Copyright Year:
2014
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978-1-68417-543-7
Publication:
11 May 2020
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Preliminary Material
Pages: i–xiii
Introduction
Pages: 1–24
Floating Light and Illusory Shadows
The Life of a Monk
Pages: 25–86
Places and Patrons
The View from Mount Tianmu
Pages: 87–129
Beneath Thatched Roofs and amid Waves
Reclusion in the Chan Imagination
Pages: 130–174
To Place One’s Mind in the Assembly
Rules of Purity for the Cloister of Illusory Abiding
Pages: 175–221
Raising Old Expedients
Genealogies, Gongan, and the Chan Literary Tradition
Pages: 222–270
Body and Mind Like an Iron Wall
The Huatou in Practice
Pages: 271–308
Brushes and Inkstones
Poetry, Calligraphy, and the Art of Cultural Exchange
Pages: 309–355
Capturing Charisma
The Role of Portraits and Inscriptions
Pages: 356–405
Cultural Construction and Illusion
Pages: 406–421
Chronology of Zhongfeng Ming ben’s Life
Pages: 423–424
Bibliography
Pages: 425–452
Glossary-Index
Pages: 453–471
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 472–482
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Publisher:
Harvard University Asia Center
Language:
English
Pages:
496 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9781684175437

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