Through close examination of a set of educational works discovered among the Dunhuang manuscripts, this book presents new insights into the literary training un

This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicate

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Explores how Soto monks between the 13th and 16th centuries developed new forms of monastic organization and Zen instructions and new applications for Zen ritua

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