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  1. Mount Lu revisited
    Buddhism in the life and writings of Su Shih
    Author: Grant, Beata
    Published: 1994
    Publisher:  University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Su Shih (1037-1101) is regarded as one of the greatest Chinese literary and intellectual figures not only of the Northern Sung but of all time. He has been the subject of many studies but, until now, none have attempted to address fully the vital... more

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    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    Su Shih (1037-1101) is regarded as one of the greatest Chinese literary and intellectual figures not only of the Northern Sung but of all time. He has been the subject of many studies but, until now, none have attempted to address fully the vital question of Buddhism in his work. Beata Grant has uncovered among Su Shih's voluminous writings an extraordinarily wide range of Buddhist-related poems, hymns, essays, and other writings that attest to Buddhism's importance in the literary culture of this period. In Mount Lu Revisited, Grant significantly alters current perceptions of both Su Shih and of high Sung culture by showing the deep and pervasive influence of Buddhist language, imagery, and ideas on Su's work. The study opens with a concise overview of the complex and multifaceted but little-studied world of eleventh-century Chinese Buddhism and Su's role within it. This is followed by a detailed study of the ways in which the nature of this great poet's engagement with Buddhism was shaped by the constantly changing circumstances of his life and how these changes are reflected in his art. What emerges is a vivid portrait of Su's struggle to resolve creatively the psychological, intellectual, and spiritual tensions in his life, including the classic tension between a world-centered Confucianism and Buddhism's promise of personal liberation. Because many of these struggles reflect larger ones taking place in eleventh-century China as a whole, the light thus shed on Su Shih's life and art also illumines the relation between religious and literary culture during this time. This original and comprehensive work will be of interest not only to students of Su Shih and Sung literature but to all those broadly interested in this important period of Chinese medieval history.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0585275904; 9780585275901
    Subjects: Buddhismus
    Other subjects: Su, Shi (1037-1101)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 249 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index
  2. Mount Lu revisited
    Buddhism in the life and writings of Su Shih
    Author: Grant, Beata
    Published: ©1994
    Publisher:  University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0585275904; 0824816250; 9780585275901; 9780824816254
    Subjects: Budismo en la literatura; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General; Buddhism; Buddhism in literature; Wissen; Buddhism in literature; Geschichte; Buddhismus
    Other subjects: Su, Shi / 1037-1101; Su, Shi (1037-1101); Su, Shi (1037-1101)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 249 pages)
    Notes:

    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-240) and index

    1. Prologue -- 2. Buddhism in Eleventh-Century China -- 3. Of Arhats and Altruistic Monks -- 4. In Buddha Country -- 5. In a Wilderness of Mulberry and Hemp -- 6. An Ant on a Millstone -- 7. A Thousand Kalpas in the Palm of His Hand -- 8. Like a Withered Tree -- 9. Epilogue

    Su Shih (1037-1101) is regarded as one of the greatest Chinese literary and intellectual figures not only of the Northern Sung but of all time. He has been the subject of many studies but, until now, none have attempted to address fully the vital question of Buddhism in his work. Beata Grant has uncovered among Su Shih's voluminous writings an extraordinarily wide range of Buddhist-related poems, hymns, essays, and other writings that attest to Buddhism's importance in the literary culture of this period. In Mount Lu Revisited, Grant significantly alters current perceptions of both Su Shih and of high Sung culture by showing the deep and pervasive influence of Buddhist language, imagery, and ideas on Su's work

    The study opens with a concise overview of the complex and multifaceted but little-studied world of eleventh-century Chinese Buddhism and Su's role within it. This is followed by a detailed study of the ways in which the nature of this great poet's engagement with Buddhism was shaped by the constantly changing circumstances of his life and how these changes are reflected in his art. What emerges is a vivid portrait of Su's struggle to resolve creatively the psychological, intellectual, and spiritual tensions in his life, including the classic tension between a world-centered Confucianism and Buddhism's promise of personal liberation. Because many of these struggles reflect larger ones taking place in eleventh-century China as a whole, the light thus shed on Su Shih's life and art also illumines the relation between religious and literary culture during this time

    This original and comprehensive work will be of interest not only to students of Su Shih and Sung literature but to all those broadly interested in this important period of Chinese medieval history