Chan Rhetoric Of Uncertainty In The Blue Cliff Record: Sharpening A Sword At The Dragon Gate

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--

• | Author: Steven Heine
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 30, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 361 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 0199397775
• | ISBN-13: 9780199397778