Zen Buddhist rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan
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Zen Buddhist rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan
（Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics, v. 3）
Brill, 2012
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"The papers included in this volume are originally based on presentations given at a conference on Zen Buddhist rhetoric in the autumn of 2008 in Norway"--Pref
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One of the key factors for the success of the Chan/Son/Zen schools in East Asia was the creativity of their adherents concerning the development of innovative literary genres and the skillful application of linguistic and rhetorical devices in their textual products. From the very beginning, Zen Buddhists used literature in order to attract the attention and support of influential lay Buddhists, such as literati, officials, and members of the aristocracy. Consequently, Zen Buddhist texts had a deep and lasting impact on the development of East Asian languages, literary genres, and rhetorical devices, and more generally, on East Asian culture.
In this volume, leading specialists in East Asian Buddhism and linguistics analyze the interplay of language and doctrine/ideology in Chinese Chan, Korean Son, and Japanese Zen, as well as tracing developments triggered by changes in the respective sociopolitical and socio-religious contexts.
As a special focus, Zen rhetoric will be related to pre-Chan Buddhist literary developments in India and China, in order to trace continuities and changes in the application of rhetorical strategies in the overall framework of Buddhist literary production.
Through this diachronic and comparative approach, the great complexity and the multifaceted features of Chan/Son/Zen literature is revealed.
Table of Contents
PREFACE IX
CONTRIBUTORS XIII
CHRISTOPH ANDERL: Chan Rhetoric: An Introduction
JENS BRAARVIG: Rhetoric of Emptiness
BART DESSEIN:'Thus Have I Heard' and Other Claims to Authenticity: Development of Rhetorical Devices in the Sarvastivada Satpadabhidharma Text
CHRISTOPH 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 Texts
HALVOR EIFRING: Beyond Perfection: The Rhetoric of Chan Poetry in Wang Wei's Wang Stream Collection
CHRISTIAN WITTERN: Some Preliminary Remarks to a Study of Rhetorical Devices in Chan Yulu Encounter Dialogues
WILLIAM M. BODIFORD: The Rhetoric of Chinese Language in Japanese Zen
STEVEN HEINE: Dogen's Appropriation of Chinese Chan Sources: Sectarian and Non-Sectarian Rhetorical Perspectives
ROBERT BUSWELL: Pojo Chinul and Kanhwa Son : Reconciling the Language of Moderate and Radical Subitism
JOERG 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 Strategies
VLADIMIR TIKHONOV: Manhae Han Yongun's Attempt at Producing an All-Inclusive Modern Buddhist Compendium - Pulgyo Taejon
THERESE SOLLIEN: Sermons by Xu Yun - A Special Transmission Within the Scriptures
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