| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- 1. Prolegomenon to a New Hermeneutic: On Being Uncertain About Uncertainty -- 2. Entering the Dragon Gate: Textual Formation in Historical and Rhetorical Contexts -- 3. Unintended Baggage? Part One: Yuanwu in His Own Write Vis-à-vis Xuedou -- 4. Unintended Baggage? Part Two: Yuanwu in His Own Write Vis-à-vis Dahui -- 5. Sharpening a Sword: Case Studies of Representative Gongan -- 6. Questions Are in the Answers: Enduring Legacy in Relation to Textual Controversies -- Appendix -- Notes -- Sino-Japanese Glossary. |
| Abstract |
"This book provides an innovative, critical textual and literary analysis, in light of Song dynasty (960-11279) Chinese cultural and intellectual historical trends, of the Blue Cliff Record, the seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred gongan/koan cases long celebrated for its intricate and articulate interpretative methods"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-336) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015038077 |
| ISBN | 9780199397778 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780199397761 (hardback) |
