Leaving for the Rising Sun: Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East Asia
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In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Seven years later his monastery, Manpukuji, was built and he had founded a new tradition, called Obaku. In this sequel to his 2008 book, Enlightenment in Dispute, Jiang Wu tells the story of the tremendous obstacles faced by Yinyuan, drawing parallels between his experiences and the broader political and cultural context in which he lived. Yinyuan claimed to have inherited the "Authentic...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199393133
ISBN13:9780199393138
Release Date:December 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:0.09 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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