Zen Buddhist rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan / edited by Christoph Anderl.

• Superior document: Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics, v. 3
• TeilnehmendeR: Anderl, Christoph.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (489 p.)
• Notes: "The papers included in this volume are originally based on presentations given at a conference on Zen Buddhist rhetoric in the autumn of 2008 in Norway."

One of the key factors for the success of the Chán/Sǒn/Zen schools in East Asia was the creativity of their adherents concerning the development of innovative literary genres and the skillful application of linguistic and rhetorical devices in their textual products. From the very beginning, Zen Buddhists used literature in order to attract the attention and support of influential lay Buddhists, such as literati, officials, and members of the aristocracy. Consequently, Zen Buddhist texts had a deep and lasting impact on the development of East Asian languages, literary genres, and rhetorical devices, and more generally, on East Asian culture. In this volume, leading specialists in East Asian Buddhism and linguistics analyze the interplay of language and doctrine/ideology in Chinese Chán, Korean Sŏn, and Japanese Zen, as well as tracing developments triggered by changes in the respective sociopolitical and socio-religious contexts. As a special focus, Zen rhetoric will be related to pre-Chán Buddhist literary developments in India and China, in order to trace continuities and changes in the application of rhetorical strategies in the overall framework of Buddhist literary production. Through this diachronic and comparative approach, the great complexity and the multifaceted features of Chán/Sŏn/Zen literature is revealed.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Chán Rhetoric: An Introduction / Christoph Anderl -- Rhetoric of Emptiness / Jens Braarvig -- ‘Thus Have I Heard’ and Other Claims to Authenticity: Development of Rhetorical Devices in the Sarvāstivāda Ṣaṭpādābhidharma Texts / Bart Dessein -- Reading the One Hundred Parables Sūtra: The Dialogue Preface and the Gāthā Postface / Christoph Harbsmeier -- Coming to Terms with Terms: The Rhetorical Function of Technical Terms in Chán Buddhist Texts / Christoph Anderl -- Beyond Perfection: The Rhetoric of Chán Poetry in Wáng Wéi’s Wăng Stream Collection / Halvor Eifring -- Some Preliminary Remarks to a Study of Rhetorical Devices in Chán Yŭlù 禪語錄 Encounter Dialogues / Christian Wittern -- The Rhetoric of Chinese Language in Japanese Zen / William M. Bodiford -- Dōgen’s Appropriation of Chinese Chán Sources: Sectarian and Non-Sectarian Rhetorical Perspectives / Steven Heine -- Pojo Chinul 普照矢口訥 and Kanhwa Sŏn 看話禪: Reconciling the Language of Moderate and Radical Subitism / Robert Buswell -- From Apologetics to Subversion; Some Initial Observations on Sŏlcham's 雪專 Chodong owi yohae 曹J同五位要解 / Jörg Plassen -- Hyujŏng’s Sŏn’ga kwigam and its Historical Setting and Soteriological Strategies / Jongmyung Kim -- Manhae Han Yongun’s Attempt at Producing an All-Inclusive Modern Buddhist Compendium – Pulgyo Taejŏn / Vladimir Tikhonov -- Sermons by Xū Yún – A Special Transmission Within the Scriptures / Therese Sollien -- Index.