Eminent Nuns: Women Chan Masters of Seventeenth-Century China

Contents

Contents A Brief Preface / vii Acknowledgments / xi Abbreviations / xiii 1. Setting the Stage: Seventeenth-Century Texts and Contexts / 1 2. Images of Nuns in the Writings of Seventeenth-Century Monks / 17 3. The Making of a Woman Chan Master: Qiyuan Xinggang / 37 4. Qiyuan Xinggang as Abbess, Dharma Teacher, and Religious Exemplar / 58 5. Passing on the Lamp: The Dharma Successors of Qiyuan Xinggang / 77 6. From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche / 107 7. From Wise Mother to Chan Master: Baochi Jizong / 130 8. Reviving the Worlds of Literary Chan: Zukui Jifu / 146 9. From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru / 165 A Brief Epilogue / 185 Notes / 191 Selected Bibliography / 225 Index / 237 ...