04053cam a22006378i 4500 ocn950084370 OCoLC 20200709060514.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 160519t20162016cau ob 001 0 eng 2016023440 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO N$T YDX EBLCP JSTOR CSAIL 960495102 960837266 961813360 9780520959750 (electronic bk.) 0520959752 (electronic bk.) 9780520284067 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520284062 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520284074 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520284070 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1369498 (N$T) (OCoLC)950084370 (OCoLC)960495102 (OCoLC)960837266 (OCoLC)961813360 22573/ctt1gk5bp1 JSTOR pcc a-cc--- BQ9264.4.C62 REL 017000 bisacsh REL092000 bisacsh 294.3/9270951 23 MAIN Cole, Alan, 1964- author. Patriarchs on paper : a critical history of medieval Chan literature / Alan Cole. 1611 Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Chan -- what is it? -- Making history : Chan as an art form -- Plans for the past : early accounts of how perfect truth came to China -- Portable ancestors : Bodhidharma gets two new families -- More local Buddhas appear : Jingjue, Huineng, Shenhui -- Truth, conspiracy, and careful writing : a new version of Huineng -- The Platform Sutra and other conspiracy theories -- Chan "dialogues" from the Tang Dynasty -- Chan compendiums from the Song Dynasty -- Rules for purity : handbooks for running Chan monasteries -- Koans and being there -- Conclusions : Chan, a Buddhist beauty. "Chan Buddhism--better known as 'Zen'--produced an enormous amount of literature, and yet many Chan advocates, medieval and modern, insist that Chan and its truths can be found in neither language nor literature. Patriarchs on Paper explores this paradox by considering several genres of Chan literature that appeared during the Tang and Song dynasties (c. 600-1300), including genealogies, biographies, dialogues, poems, monastic handbooks, and koans. Looking carefully at this body of literature, Alan Cole shows how Chan authors gradually constructed, in ever more artful portrayals, images of the perfectly simple masters of the past, best known for their freedom from literature and cultural norms. Patriarchs on Paper explores how this kind of 'fantasy Buddhism' interacted with its more traditional Chinese forms and in so doing sheds new light on how Chan's illustrious ancestors were created in literature to satisfy a wide range of agendas"--Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Master record variable field(s) change: 050, 082, 650 Zen literature, Chinese China History and criticism. Zen Buddhism History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Cole, Alan, 1964- author. Patriarchs on paper Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] 9780520284067 (DLC) 2016021494 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1369498 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL4519328 EBSCOhost EBSC 1369498 YBP Library Services YANK 13214572 92 N$T 57064 57064