Eminent nuns : women Chan masters of seventeenth-century China /
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| Author / Creator: | Grant, Beata, 1954- |
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| Imprint: | Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2009. |
| Description: | ix, 241 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7306340 |
Table of Contents:
- A Brief Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1. Setting the Stage: Seventeenth-Century Texts and Contexts
- 2. Images of Nuns in the Writings of Seventeenth-Century Monks
- 3. The Making of a Woman Chan Master: Qiyuan Xinggang
- 4. Qiyuan Xinggang as Abbess, Dharma Teacher, and Religious Exemplar
- 5. Passing on the Lamp: The Dharma Successors of Qiyuan Xinggang
- 6. From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche
- 7. From Wise Mother to Chan Master: Baochi Jizong
- 8. Reviving the Worlds of Literary Chan: Zukui Jifu
- 9. From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru
- A Brief Epilogue
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
