{"product_id":"building-bridges-between-chan-buddhism-and-confucianism-a-comparative-hermeneutics-of-qisongs-essays-on-assisting-the-teaching-hardback-9780253063670","title":"Building Bridges Between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism; A Comparative Hermeneutics of Qisong's \"Essays on Assisting the Teaching\" (Hardback) 9780253063670","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBuilding Bridges Between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Comparative Hermeneutics of Qisong's \"Essays on Assisting the Teaching\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDiana Arghirescu (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253063670\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBuilding Bridges between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Arghirescu explores the close connections between Buddhism and Confucianism during China's Song period (960–1279). Drawing on\u003ci\u003e In Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eon Assisting the Teaching \u003c\/i\u003ewritten\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eby Chan monk-scholar Qisong (1007–1072), Arghirescu examines the influences between the two traditions. In his writings, Qisong made the first substantial efforts to compare the major dimensions of Confucian and Chan Buddhist thought from a philosophical view, seeking to establish a meaningful and influential intellectual and ethical bridge between them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArghirescu meticulously reveals a \"Confucianized\" dimension of Qisong's thought, showing how he revisited and reinterpreted Confucian terminology in his special form of Chan aimed at his contemporary Confucian readers and auditors \"who do not know Buddhism.\" Qisong's form of eleventh-century Chan, she argues, is unique in its cohesive or nondual perspective on Chinese Buddhist, Confucian, and other philosophical traditions, which considers all of them to be interdependent and to share a common root.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuilding Bridges between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eidentify, examine, and expand on a series of Confucian concepts and virtues that were specifically identified and discussed from a Buddhist perspective by a historical Buddhist writer. It represents a major contribution in the comparative understanding of both traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations and Conventions\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Chan Scholar-Monk Qisong on the Affinities and Differences Between Chan Buddhism and Confucianism in Inquiry into the Teachings (Yuanjiao )\u003cbr\u003e2. An Eleventh Century Confucianized and Cohesive Form of Chan: Qisong's Interpretation of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Teaching\" (\u003ci\u003ejiao \u003c\/i\u003e) in the \u003ci\u003eExtensive Inquiry into the Teachings \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGuang Yuanjiao \u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e3. Qisong's Letter of Advice (Quanshu ): An Examination and Correction of the Deficiencies of Confucianism\u003cbr\u003e4. Qisong on Buddhist Filial Devotion (xiao ): A Buddhist-Confucian Comparative Perspective\u003cbr\u003e5. Heart-Mind (xin), Emotions (qing) and Nature-Emptiness (xing) in Qisong's Thought: A Song-Dynasty Interpretation of Cohesive Chan Practice Intended for Confucian Scholars\u003cbr\u003e6. Qisong on Universal Principle (li), Nothingness (wu) and the Encomium of the Platform Sutra (Tanjing zan): Answers avant la Lettre to Zhu Xi's Twelfth-Century Criticism\u003cbr\u003e7. Spiritual Discipline, Emotions and Behavior during the Song Dynasty: Zhu Xi's and Qisong's Commentaries on the Zhongyong in Comparative Perspective\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525494731032,"sku":"9780253063670","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/building-bridges-between-chan-buddhism-and-confucianism-a-comparative-hermeneutics-of-qisongs-essays-on-assisting-the-teaching-hardback-9780253063670","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}