Koan; Hui- hai, 720- 814; Zen meditations; Zen Buddhism- Folklore; Karma
摘要
According to the "Fox Koan", the second case in the "Wu-men Kuan Koan" collection, Zen master Pai-chang encounters a fox who claims to be a former abbot punished through endless reincarnations for denying the efficacy of karmic causality. Most traditional interpretations of the "Koan" focus on the philosophical issue of causality in relation to earlier Buddhist doctrines, such as independent origination and emptiness. This text examines the "Fox Koan" in relation to philosophical and institutional issues facing the Ch'an/Zen tradition in both Sung China and medieval and contemporary Japan. The author integrates his own philological analysis of the "Koan", textual analysis of the "Koan" collections and related literary genres in T'ang and Sung China, folkelore studies, and research on monastic codes and institutional history to craft this work.
目次
Perface vii Abbreviations xi Part One: Shape- Shifting 1. Putting the Fox Back in the Fox Koan 3 2. The Koan's MUltivalent Discursive Structure 41 Part Two: Text- Shaping 3. Philosophical Paradigm of Paradoxicality 67 4. Deep Faith in Causality 105 5. Folklore Morphology and the Issue of Repentance 131 6. Unconcluding Methodological Reflections 177 Appendix I: Translations of Fox Koan Commentaries 201 Appendix II: Translation of "Pai- chang's Monastic Rules" 217 Notes 223 List of Sino- Japanese Terms 261 Bibliography 000 Index 000
