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On Rhetoric in Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist Literature - A Case Study of Master Hui Hong's "Literary Chan Buddhism"
Code
01T00211
Duration
01 July 2011 → 31 January 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Theory and methodology of philosophy
    • Philosophy
    • Other philosophy, ethics and religious studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
buddhism Chan china
 
Project description
 

This research investigates the position of the Chinese Chan master Hui Hong (1071-1128) in the then fundamental debate within Chan circles on the use of rhetoric in transmitting the doctrine from master to disciple. Hui Hong's position derivates from the dominant trend of the time to accentuate introspection and 'transmission without words'.