Full Description
Through a diachronic and comparative approach this book offers a comprehensive study of Zen Buddhist linguistic and rhetoric devices in China, Korea, and Japan. It draws a vivid picture of the complexity of Zen Buddhist literary production in interaction with doctrinal and ritual issues, as well as in response to the sociopolitical contexts.
Contents
PREFACE IXCONTRIBUTORS XIIICHRISTOPH ANDERL: Chan Rhetoric: An IntroductionJENS BRAARVIG: Rhetoric of EmptinessBART DESSEIN:'Thus Have I Heard' and Other Claims to Authenticity: Development of Rhetorical Devices in the Sarvastivada Satpadabhidharma TextCHRISTOPH HARBSMEIER: Reading the One Hundred Parables Sutra: The Dialogue Preface and the Gatha Postface CHRISTOPH ANDERL: Coming to Terms with Terms: The Rhetorical Function of Technical Terms in Chan Buddhist TextsHALVOR EIFRING: Beyond Perfection: The Rhetoric of Chan Poetry in Wang Wei's Wang Stream CollectionCHRISTIAN WITTERN: Some Preliminary Remarks to a Study of Rhetorical Devices in Chan Yulu Encounter DialoguesWILLIAM M. BODIFORD: The Rhetoric of Chinese Language in Japanese ZenSTEVEN HEINE: Dogen's Appropriation of Chinese Chan Sources: Sectarian and Non-Sectarian Rhetorical PerspectivesROBERT BUSWELL: Pojo Chinul and Kanhwa Son : Reconciling the Language of Moderate and Radical SubitismJOERG PLASSEN: From Apologetics to Subversion: Some Initial Observations on Solcham's Chodong owi yohae JONGMYUNG KIM: Hyujong's Son'ga kwigam and its Historical Setting and Soteriological StrategiesVLADIMIR TIKHONOV: Manhae Han Yongun's Attempt at Producing an All-Inclusive Modern Buddhist Compendium - Pulgyo TaejonTHERESE SOLLIEN: Sermons by Xu Yun - A Special Transmission Within the ScripturesINDEX
