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

by Jia, Jinhua

• ISBN13: 9780791468234
• ISBN10: 0791468232
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-06
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

This book provides a wide-ranging examination of the Hongzhou school of Chan Buddhism--"the precursor to Zen Buddhism--"under Mazu Daoyi (709-788) and his successors in eighth- through tenth-century China, which was credited with creating a Golden Age or classical tradition. Jinhua Jia uses stele inscriptions and other previously ignored texts to explore the school's teachings and history. Defending the school as a full-fledged, significant lineage, Jia reconstructs Mazu's biography and resolves controversies about his disciples. In contrast to the many scholars who either accept or reject the traditional Chan histories and discourse records, she thoroughly examines the Hongzhou literature to differentiate the original, authentic portions from later layers of modification and recreation. The book describes the emergence and maturity of encounter dialogue and analyzes the new doctrines and practices of the school to revise the traditional notion of Mazu and his followers as iconoclasts. It also depicts the strivings of Mazu's disciples for orthodoxy and how the criticisms of and reflections on Hongzhou doctrine led to the schism of this line and the rise of the Shitou line and various houses during the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods. Jia refutes the traditional Chan genealogy of two lines and five houses and calls for new frameworks in the study of Chan history. An annotated translation of datable discourses of Mazu is also included.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Tables	xiii
Abbreviations and Conventions	xv
Introduction	1	(10)
Biography of Mazu Daoyi	11	(10)
Mazu's Youth in Sichuan (709--ca. 729)	12	(2)
Wandering and Training in Hubei and Hunan (ca. 730--742)	14	(1)
Teaching on the Mountains of Fujian and Jiangxi (742-772)	15	(2)
Establishing the Hongzhou Community (772--788)	17	(4)
Mazu Daoyi's Disciples	21	(26)
Tianhuang Daowu	22	(4)
Danxia Tianran	26	(2)
Yaoshan Weiyan	28	(3)
New List of Mazu's Disciples	31	(16)
Examination of the Hongzhou School Literature	47	(20)
Emergence and Maturity of Encounter Dialogue	47	(6)
Discourse Records Attributed to Mazu	53	(7)
Texts and Discourses Attributed to Mazu's Disciples	60	(7)
Chan Doctrine and Practice of the Hongzhou School	67	(16)
``Ordinary Mind Is the Way''	67	(6)
Original Enlightenment and No-Cultivation	73	(3)
``Buddha-nature Manifests in Function''	76	(3)
New Practice of Encounter Dialogue and New Terminology and Imagery	79	(4)
Road to Orthodoxy	83	(24)
Baolin zhuan: Its Author and Twofold Claim of Orthodoxy	84	(5)
Chan Verses Attributed to Baozhi and Yongjia Xuanjue	89	(6)
Establishment of Chan Monasteries and Monastic Regulations	95	(8)
Expansion of the Hongzhou School and Imperial Recognition	103	(4)
Schism of the Hongzhou School during the Late Tang and Five Dynasties: Deconstructing the Traditional Genealogy of Two Lines and Five Houses	107	(12)
Controversies over and Development of the Hongzhou Doctrine	108	(3)
The Schism of the Hongzhou School and the Rise of the Shitou Line and Various Houses: Deconstructing the Genealogy	111	(8)
Appendix: Annotated Translation of Mazu Daoyi's Discourses	119	(12)
Notes	131	(46)
Glossary	177	(6)
Bibliography	183	(26)
Index	209