Jennifer Eichman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5065488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Eichman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Eichman |
| SIGNATURE | EICHMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | SOAS University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Monastic Dimension of Identity Politics
Women and Animals
The primary focus of this article is the gendering of Buddhist karmic culpability presented in the extra-canonical Buddhist essay, “Quan funü jiesha wen” (On exhorting women to refrain from killing). This mid-1650 work written by the Ming loyalist Chai Shaobing (1616-70) was subsequently reprinted in the Republican era Buddhist periodical press. “Quan funü jiesha wen” offers an extraordinary entry into a Buddhist moral universe in which women who…
Zhuhong’s Communal Rules for the Late Ming Nunnery Filiality and Righteousness Unobstructed
This article presents a single detailed case study of communal life at a small private Buddhist nunnery governed by strict rules and inhabited by religiously active nuns. The first half of this article focuses on why the nunnery was constructed, how it was funded, where it was built, its architectural design, and its residents. The second half examines the daily ritual activities of the nuns, their education, disciplinary procedures, fundraising,…
A Special Interview with Professor Hsu Hong
徐泓教授專訪:明清史研究學與思The renowned historian of the Ming dynasty, Dr. Hsu Hong received his doctorate from the History Department, National Taiwan University in 1973. He was born in Jianyang county, Fujia
Buddhist Historiography
This article offers an historical repositioning of an unusually rich early seventeenth-century autobiographical letter written by the Donglin 東林 partisan Wang Yuanhan 王元翰 (1565–1633). The letter is religiously complex, yet historians have previously focused only on a single short excerpt listing the names of eighteen monks and officials to argue that Buddhist activity flourished in Beijing circa 1600. To the contrary, the greater historical value…
A Late Sixteenth-Century Chinese Buddhist Fellowship
Through a detailed analysis of epistolary writing, A Late Sixteenth-Century Chinese Buddhist Fellowship: Spiritual Ambitions, Intellectual Debates, and Epistolary Connections brings to life the Buddhist discourse of a network of lay disciples who debated the value of Chan versus Pure Land, sudden versus gradual enlightenment, adherence to Buddhist precepts, and animal welfare. By highlighting the differences between their mentor, the monk Zhuhong…
Intertextual Alliances
This article argues for a reconsideration of how we categorize individual attempts at sanjiao heyi -style syntheses and characterize the broader late sixteenth-century milieu that nourished such attempts. In Zeng Zheng Kunyan bieyan 贈鄭昆嚴別言 ( Parting Words for Zheng Kunyan ), Huang Hui 黃輝 (1555–1612) synthesized a highly selective number of Chan Buddhist and Yangming Confucian ideas to create a path to self-cultivation rooted in the interstitial d…
Eminent Nuns
Journal Article Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China. By Beata Grant Get access Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China. By Beata Grant. University of Hawai'i Press, 2009. 241 pages. $46.00. Jennifer Eichman Jennifer Eichman Independent Scholar [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 77, Is…
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Eminent Nuns
Journal Article Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China. By Beata Grant Get access Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China. By Beata Grant. University of Hawai'i Press, 2009. 241 pages. $46.00. Jennifer Eichman Jennifer Eichman Independent Scholar [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 77, Is…
Intertextual Alliances
This article argues for a reconsideration of how we categorize individual attempts at sanjiao heyi -style syntheses and characterize the broader late sixteenth-century milieu that nourished such attempts. In Zeng Zheng Kunyan bieyan 贈鄭昆嚴別言 ( Parting Words for Zheng Kunyan ), Huang Hui 黃輝 (1555–1612) synthesized a highly selective number of Chan Buddhist and Yangming Confucian ideas to create a path to self-cultivation rooted in the interstitial d…
A Late Sixteenth-Century Chinese Buddhist Fellowship
Through a detailed analysis of epistolary writing, A Late Sixteenth-Century Chinese Buddhist Fellowship: Spiritual Ambitions, Intellectual Debates, and Epistolary Connections brings to life the Buddhist discourse of a network of lay disciples who debated the value of Chan versus Pure Land, sudden versus gradual enlightenment, adherence to Buddhist precepts, and animal welfare. By highlighting the differences between their mentor, the monk Zhuhong…
Buddhist Historiography
This article offers an historical repositioning of an unusually rich early seventeenth-century autobiographical letter written by the Donglin 東林 partisan Wang Yuanhan 王元翰 (1565–1633). The letter is religiously complex, yet historians have previously focused only on a single short excerpt listing the names of eighteen monks and officials to argue that Buddhist activity flourished in Beijing circa 1600. To the contrary, the greater historical value…
Zhuhong’s Communal Rules for the Late Ming Nunnery Filiality and Righteousness Unobstructed
This article presents a single detailed case study of communal life at a small private Buddhist nunnery governed by strict rules and inhabited by religiously active nuns. The first half of this article focuses on why the nunnery was constructed, how it was funded, where it was built, its architectural design, and its residents. The second half examines the daily ritual activities of the nuns, their education, disciplinary procedures, fundraising,…
A Special Interview with Professor Hsu Hong
徐泓教授專訪:明清史研究學與思The renowned historian of the Ming dynasty, Dr. Hsu Hong received his doctorate from the History Department, National Taiwan University in 1973. He was born in Jianyang county, Fujia
Women and Animals
The primary focus of this article is the gendering of Buddhist karmic culpability presented in the extra-canonical Buddhist essay, “Quan funü jiesha wen” (On exhorting women to refrain from killing). This mid-1650 work written by the Ming loyalist Chai Shaobing (1616-70) was subsequently reprinted in the Republican era Buddhist periodical press. “Quan funü jiesha wen” offers an extraordinary entry into a Buddhist moral universe in which women who…
The Monastic Dimension of Identity Politics
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