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EBOOK Enlightenment in Dispute The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China

WU JIANG

Oxford University Press

Enlightenment in Dispute is the first comprehensive study of the revival of Chan Buddhism in

seventeenth-century China. Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan

enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist

establishment of the time. He argues that the revival of Chan Buddhism depended upon reinventions of

previous Chan ideals, which had been largely lost after the Song dynasty. By examining the role of textual

practice and the implication of dharma transmission in rebuilding Chan institutions, Wu argues that the

Chan revival was actively coordinated to coincide with the transformation of Chinese culture and society.

His study concludes by bringing the Chan revival to a larger historical context and reflecting on its legacies,

ultimately establishing a general pattern of past Buddhist revivals.

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