Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in Fox Koan: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan - Rilegato

Heine, Steven

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ISBN 10: 0824821505 ISBN 13: 9780824821500

Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2000

Riassunto

According to the "Fox Koan", the second case in the "Wu-men Kuan Koan" collection, Zen master Pai-chang encounters a fox who claims to be a former abbot punished through endless reincarnations for denying the efficacy of karmic causality. Most traditional interpretations of the "Koan" focus on the philosophical issue of causality in relation to earlier Buddhist doctrines, such as independent origination and emptiness. This text examines the "Fox Koan" in relation to philosophical and institutional issues facing the Ch'an/Zen tradition in both Sung China and medieval and contemporary Japan. The author integrates his own philological analysis of the "Koan", textual analysis of the "Koan" collections and related literary genres in T'ang and Sung China, folkelore studies, and research on monastic codes and institutional history to craft this work.

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Book by HEINE Steven

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• Editore: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0824821505
• ISBN 13: 9780824821500
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 295