In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Seven years later his monastery, Manpukuji, was built and he had founded his own tradition called Obaku. Leaving for the Rising Sun tells the story of the tremendous obstacles he faced, drawing parallels between his experiences and the broader political and cultural context in which he lived.
In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Seven years later his monastery, Manpukuji, was built and he had founded his own tradition called Obaku. Leaving for the Rising Sun tells the story of the tremendous obstacles he faced, drawing parallels between his experiences and the broader political and cultural context in which he lived.
Jiang Wu is an associate professor in Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. His research interests include Chinese Buddhism, especially Chan/Zen Buddhism and the Chinese Buddhist canon, Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchanges, and the application of spatial analysis tools in the study of religion and culture. His first book Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China was published by Oxford University Press in 2008.
Inhaltsangabe
* Preface * Conventions * Chronology * Introduction: Yinyuan as a Symbol of Authenticity * 1. In Search of Enlightenment: Yinyuan and the Reinvention of the "Authentic Transmission" in Late-Ming Buddhist Revival * 2. Building a Dharma Transmission Monastery: Mount Huangbo in Seventeenth-Century China * 3. Leaving for the Rising Sun: the Historical Background of Yinyuan's Migration to Japan in 1654 * 4. The Taikun's Zen Master from China: The Edo Bakufu and the Founding of Manpukuji in 1661 * 5. The Multiple Lives of a Chinese Monk: Yinyuan as Zen Master, Literary Man, and Thurmaturge * 6. Authenticity in Dispute: Responses to the Idea of Authenticity in Edo Japan * 7. Where are the Authentic Masters? The Bakufu's Failed Attempts to Recruit Chinese Monks * Conclusion: Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East Asia * Chinese Glossary * Bibliography * Index
* Preface * Conventions * Chronology * Introduction: Yinyuan as a Symbol of Authenticity * 1. In Search of Enlightenment: Yinyuan and the Reinvention of the "Authentic Transmission" in Late-Ming Buddhist Revival * 2. Building a Dharma Transmission Monastery: Mount Huangbo in Seventeenth-Century China * 3. Leaving for the Rising Sun: the Historical Background of Yinyuan's Migration to Japan in 1654 * 4. The Taikun's Zen Master from China: The Edo Bakufu and the Founding of Manpukuji in 1661 * 5. The Multiple Lives of a Chinese Monk: Yinyuan as Zen Master, Literary Man, and Thurmaturge * 6. Authenticity in Dispute: Responses to the Idea of Authenticity in Edo Japan * 7. Where are the Authentic Masters? The Bakufu's Failed Attempts to Recruit Chinese Monks * Conclusion: Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East Asia * Chinese Glossary * Bibliography * Index
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