Monks, Rulers, and Literati
The political ascendancy of Chan Buddhism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20003356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert Welter (0009-0000-0322-7583, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 340 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Monks, rulers, and literati (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195175219.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4251451613 |
| Open Library | OL3420615M |
| ISBN | 9780195175219 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
The Chan (Zen in Japanese) school of Chinese Buddhism began when, in the 7th century, a small religious community gathered around a Buddhist monk named Hongren. Over the centuries, Chan Buddhism grew from an obscure movement to an officially recognized and eventually dominant form of Buddhism in China and throughout East Asia. This book presents the story of the rise of Chan, a story which has been obscured by myths about Zen. Zen apologists in the 20th century, the book argues, sold the world on the story of Zen as a transcendental spiritualism untainted by political and institutional involvements. The book shows that, in fact, the opposite is true: relationships between Chan monks and political rulers were crucial to Chan's success. The book concentrates on an important but neglected period of Chan history, the 10th and 11th centuries, when monks and rulers created the so-called Chan "golden age" and the classic principles of Chan identity
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · China · Identity (music) · Literature · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Spiritualism · Transcendental number · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Buddhism and state · Political aspects · Political aspects of Zen Buddhism · Zen buddhism
A Brief Discussion on Chan–Pure Land Syncretism in Dunhuang
Ŭich’ŏn, Jingyuan, and ritual repentance in the revival of Huayan Buddhism in the Northern Song period
Portrayals of Chan Buddhism in the Literature of Internal Alchemy
Rising from the Margins
Zen Skin, Zen Marrow
The Expression of Chan “Emptiness Contemplation” in Hongren’s Landscape Painting
Inventing the Zen Buddhist Samurai
A Translation and Study of Chán Master Jìngxiū’s 淨修禪師 Preface to the Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集
Rebirth From China To Japan In Nara Hagiography
The Biography of the Chan Master Hongzhi Zhengjue
Vasubandhu 世親 (ca. 320–400 CE) as a Putative Pure Land Patriarch in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
Demystifying Experience
Yinyuan Longqi's "Huangbo" Writing and the Construction of "Authenticity
Regional Buddhist Communities in Tang China and Their Social Networks
Vernacular Language and the Wu Dialect in the Formation of a Chan Koine and the Rise of Chan/Zen Philology
Philosophy, religion, and 'studies
Words Falter in Encapsulating the Dao 言語道斷
Lineages as Network
Spatio-Temporal Process of the Linji School of Chan Buddhism in the 10th and 11th Centuries
Silent Accord
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |