The Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism in Eighth- through Tenth-Century China

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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi TABLES xiii ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS xv INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE Biography of Mazu Daoyi 11 Mazu’s Youth in Sichuan (709–ca. 729) 12 Wandering and Training in Hubei and Hunan (ca. 730–742) 14 Teaching on the Mountains of Fujian and Jiangxi (742–772) 15 Establishing the Hongzhou Community (772–788) 17 CHAPTER TWO Mazu Daoyi’s Disciples 21 Tianhuang Daowu 22 Danxia Tianran 26 Yaoshan Weiyan 28 New List of Mazu’s Disciples 31 viii CHAN BUDDHISM IN EIGHTH- THROUGH TENTH-CENTURY CHINA CHAPTER THREE Examination of the Hongzhou School Literature 47 Emergence and Maturity of Encounter Dialogue 47 Discourse Records Attributed to Mazu 53 Texts and Discourses Attributed to Mazu’s Disciples 60 CHAPTER FOUR Chan Doctrine and Practice of the Hongzhou School 67 “Ordinary Mind Is the Way” 67 Original Enlightenment and No-Cultivation 73 “Buddha-nature Manifests in Function” 76 New Practice of Encounter Dialogue and New Terminology and Imagery 79 CHAPTER FIVE Road to Orthodoxy 83 Baolin zhuan: Its Author and Twofold Claim of Orthodoxy 84 Chan Verses Attributed to Baozhi and Yongjia Xuanjue 89 Establishment of Chan Monasteries and Monastic Regulations 95 Expansion of the Hongzhou School and Imperial Recognition 103 CHAPTER SIX Schism of the Hongzhou School during the Late Tang and Five Dynasties: Deconstructing the Traditional Genealogy of Two Lines and Five Houses 107 Controversies over and Development of the Hongzhou Doctrine 108 The Schism of the Hongzhou School and the Rise of the Shitou Line and Various Houses: Deconstructing the Genealogy 111 CONTENTS ix APPENDIX Annotated Translation of Mazu Daoyi’s Discourses 119 NOTES 131 GLOSSARY 177 BIBLIOGRAPHY 183 INDEX 209 ...