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the invention of Buddhist poetry in late medieval China
1 online resource (xvi, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps.
"Using digital and traditional methods, Poet-Monks traces the rise of Buddhist poet-monks in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China and the way these monks merged together religious and literary practices, with a particular focus on Guanxiu and Qiji"--
Introducing poet-monks: history, geography, and sociality -- Inventing poet-monks: the first generation and their reception, 760-810 -- Becoming poet-monks: the formation of a tradition, 810-960 -- Repetition: retriplication and negation -- Incantation: sonority and foreignness -- Meditation: effort and absorption.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024