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Xuedou’s 100 Odes to Old Cases: A Translation and Commentary |
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Heine, Steven (著)
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| Date | 2024 |
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| Pages | 288 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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| Publisher Url |
https://global.oup.com/academic/?lang=en&cc=tw
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| Location | New York, NY, US [紐約, 紐約州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliation: DePaul University, USA. |
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| Abstract | Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Cases is recognized as the seminal discourse in Chan Buddhism, one that has exerted significant influence on the way stories of former teachers (guze) have been appreciated and appropriated for the past thousand years. In this volume, Steven Heine offers a much-needed translation of this pivotal work along with extensive background and commentary. Heine brings important perspective to a 1000-year old text that became the basis for the Blue Cliff Record, which continues to have a profound impact on the overall legacy of East Asian Buddhist intellectual history and religious literature.
Xuedou's verses reflect the author's unique capacity for taming through elegance the undisciplined and deluded minds of followers struggling with self-imposed obstacles to discern reality and thereby discover inner peace. Xuedou cites multiple Chan sources, uses irregular meter to disrupt the reader's expectations, and evokes unusual allusions to Chinese lore while often interjecting personal comments or lyrical imagery that goes beyond a reliance on doctrine. Xuedou's work is timeless, informative, and extremely influential. Heine offers us a glimpse into his mind and work, as we are taken back in time to the birth of the most essential aesthetic qualities of Chan and Zen Buddhist discourse. |
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| Table of contents | Preface vii
Part I. Background
Chapter One. Historical and Rhetorical Foundations of Xuedou's 100 Odes 3
Chapter Two. On Reading the Text 23
Part II. The Text
Chapter Three. A Translation of Xuedou's 100 Odes with Interpretative Comments 47
Notes 259
Selected Bibliography 265
Index 271 |
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| ISBN | 9780197676998 (pbk) |
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| Related reviews | - Book Review: Xuedou’s 100 Odes to Old Cases: A Translation and Commentary by Steven Heine / Wright, Dale (評論)
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| Created date | 2024.07.24 |
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| Modified date | 2024.07.24 |
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