John Alexander Jorgensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3892481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Alexander Jorgensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Jorgensen |
| SIGNATURE | JØRGENSEN J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | IP Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Salvaging Buddhism to Save Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910)
This study fills large gaps in the studies of Buddhism and premodern Korean cultural and literary history
Vernacular Language and the Wu Dialect in the Formation of a Chan Koine and the Rise of Chan/Zen Philology
Chan monks had a language problem. They needed to deal with at least four registers; the language of the street in their district, the Chan koine with its colloquialisms and argot, the guanhua or official language, and the elite formal language in Literary Sinitic that was packed with allusions. Zen monks in Japan had to deal with registers of Japanese, plus the Chan koine and the formal Literary Chinese. One response was philological, glosses on…
Setting the Scene
From the late-nineteenth century, Yang Wenhui attempted to revive Chinese Buddhism, which had been in decay for centuries, by publishing core doctrinal texts, chief among them the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith. The Treatise was to be the basis of this reformed Buddhism because it concentrated on faith and provided for access to the Pure Land, thereby countering the inroads of Japanese Buddhism and Christianity. In 1922, however, his studen…
Imagining Harmony
PETER FLUECKIGER. Imagining Harmony: Poetry, Empathy, and Community in Mid-Tokugawa Confucianism and Nativism . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011. 291 pp. US$60.00, hardcover. Motoori Norin
Fathering your Father
The Mystique of Transmission
Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch
It was through the propaganda of Shen-hui (684-758) that Hui-neng (d. 710) became the also today still towering figure of sixth patriarch of Ch'an/Zen Buddhism, and accepted as the ancestor or founder of all subsequent Ch'an lineages. The first part of the book analyses the creation of the image of Hui-neng and the worship of a lacquered mummy said to be that of Hui-neng. Using the life of Confucius as a template for its structure, Shen-hui inven…
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Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch
It was through the propaganda of Shen-hui (684-758) that Hui-neng (d. 710) became the also today still towering figure of sixth patriarch of Ch'an/Zen Buddhism, and accepted as the ancestor or founder of all subsequent Ch'an lineages. The first part of the book analyses the creation of the image of Hui-neng and the worship of a lacquered mummy said to be that of Hui-neng. Using the life of Confucius as a template for its structure, Shen-hui inven…
The Mystique of Transmission
Fathering your Father
Imagining Harmony
PETER FLUECKIGER. Imagining Harmony: Poetry, Empathy, and Community in Mid-Tokugawa Confucianism and Nativism . Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011. 291 pp. US$60.00, hardcover. Motoori Norin
Setting the Scene
From the late-nineteenth century, Yang Wenhui attempted to revive Chinese Buddhism, which had been in decay for centuries, by publishing core doctrinal texts, chief among them the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith. The Treatise was to be the basis of this reformed Buddhism because it concentrated on faith and provided for access to the Pure Land, thereby countering the inroads of Japanese Buddhism and Christianity. In 1922, however, his studen…
Vernacular Language and the Wu Dialect in the Formation of a Chan Koine and the Rise of Chan/Zen Philology
Chan monks had a language problem. They needed to deal with at least four registers; the language of the street in their district, the Chan koine with its colloquialisms and argot, the guanhua or official language, and the elite formal language in Literary Sinitic that was packed with allusions. Zen monks in Japan had to deal with registers of Japanese, plus the Chan koine and the formal Literary Chinese. One response was philological, glosses on…
Salvaging Buddhism to Save Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910)
This study fills large gaps in the studies of Buddhism and premodern Korean cultural and literary history
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