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Subjects:

Buddhist nuns -- China -- Biography.
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) -- China.
Zen Buddhism -- China -- History -- 17th century.

Contents:

Setting the stage: seventeenth-century texts and contexts
Images of nuns in the writings of seventeenth-century monks
The making of a woman Chan master: Qiyuan Xinggang
Qiyuan Xinggang as abbess, dharma teacher, and religious exemplar
Passing on the lamp: the dharma successors of Qiyuan Xinggang
From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche
From wise mother to Chan master: Baochi Jizong
Reviving the worlds of literary Chan: Zukui Jifu
From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-235) and index.

ISBN:

9780824832025 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0824832027 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

213407339