Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia
Countering the Neo-Confucian Critiques in the Hufa lun and the Yusŏk chirŭi non
Seiten
2019
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-40533-2 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-40533-2 (ISBN)
This book examines the Buddhist responses to the Neo-Confucian critiques of their tradition. It presents full translations of two dominant Buddhist apologetic essays—the Hufa lun, written by a Chinese politician, and the Yusŏk chirŭi non, authored by a Korean monk.
While the Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism is fairly well-known, little attention has been given to the Buddhist reactions to this harangue. The fact is, however, that over a dozen apologetic essays have been written by Buddhists in China, Korea, and Japan in response to the Neo-Confucians. Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia offers an introduction to this Buddhist literary genre. It centers on full translations of two dominant apologetic works—the Hufa lun (護法論), written by a Buddhist politician in twelfth-century China, and the Yusŏk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論), authored by an anonymous monk in fifteenth-century Korea. Put together, these two texts demonstrate the wide variety of polemical strategies and the cross-national intertextuality of East Asian Buddhist apologetics.
While the Neo-Confucian critique of Buddhism is fairly well-known, little attention has been given to the Buddhist reactions to this harangue. The fact is, however, that over a dozen apologetic essays have been written by Buddhists in China, Korea, and Japan in response to the Neo-Confucians. Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia offers an introduction to this Buddhist literary genre. It centers on full translations of two dominant apologetic works—the Hufa lun (護法論), written by a Buddhist politician in twelfth-century China, and the Yusŏk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論), authored by an anonymous monk in fifteenth-century Korea. Put together, these two texts demonstrate the wide variety of polemical strategies and the cross-national intertextuality of East Asian Buddhist apologetics.
Uri Kaplan received his Ph.D. from Duke University and is currently a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He specializes in East Asian religions and is author of Monastic Education in Korea: Teaching Monks about Buddhism in the Modern Age (University of Hawaii Press, forthcoming).
Contents
Part 1: Introduction
1 Early Chinese Buddhist Polemics
2 The Neo-Confucian Critique of Buddhism
3 Buddhist Responses to the Neo-Confucians
4 Apologetic Strategies and Themes
Part 2: Translations
1 In Defense of the Dharma: Annotated Translation of Zhang Shangying’s Hufa lun (護法論)
2 Probing the Doubts and Concerns between Buddhism and Confucianism: Annotated Translation of the Yusŏk chirŭi non (儒釋質疑論)
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Numen Book Series ; 163 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 588 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-40533-X / 900440533X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-40533-2 / 9789004405332 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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