Eminent nuns : women Chan masters of seventeenth-century China / Beata Grant.

Author/creator Grant, Beata, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2009.
Descriptionix, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Setting the stage: seventeenth-century texts and contexts -- Images of nuns in the writings of seventeenth-century monks -- The making of a woman Chan master: Qiyuan Xinggang -- Qiyuan Xinggang as abbess, dharma teacher, and religious exemplar -- Passing on the lamp: the dharma successors of Qiyuan Xinggang -- From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche -- From wise mother to Chan master: Baochi Jizong -- Reviving the worlds of literary Chan: Zukui Jifu -- From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-235) and index.
LCCN 2008010177
ISBN9780824832025 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0824832027 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BQ 9298 .G73 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold