Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts Book

	Illustrations
	Tables
	Preface
	Chinese and Japanese Eras
	Abbreviations
1	Text and Untext: On the Significance of Koans	3
	Introduction to the Two Texts	3
	Postmodernism and Zen Discourse	14
	Satori Dialogues in Relation to Sung Zen Genres	21
	Multiple Implications of the Term "Koan"	38
	Significance of the Koan as a Zen Symbol	43
	A Zen Problematic: Textuality and Untextuality	59
2	Mythology and Demythology: The Aporetics of Koan Studies	65
	Two Sets of Problematical Issues	65
	Nishitani's View of "Self-Surpassing" Zen	69
	Five Main Aporetics of Zen Studies	72
	The Function of Literary Criticism	81
	The Koan as Religious Symbol	87
	Discourse Analysis in Dogen and Koan Studies	96
3	Inter- and Intra-Textuality: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts	103
	On Contextualizing Dogen's Texts	103
	Conventional View of Dogen and the Koran Tradition	106
	Rethinking the Conventional View	123
	Contrasting Dogen and Ta-hui	135
	The Two Shobogenzo Texts	149
4	Narratology and Tropology: Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow/Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin	159
	On Resolving the Aporetics of Koran Studies	159
Sect. A	"Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow"	163
	Rethinking the Conventional View	163
	On the Formation of Zen Genres	174
	Roots and Branches	182
Sect. B	"Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin"	198
	The Elements of a Tropological Interpretation	200
	Dogen's KS Text in Comparison with Koan-roku Texts	216
	Conclusions: Does the Koan Have Buddha-Nature?	237
	Appendix I. Translations of Kana Shobogenzo Fascicles	243
	Appendix II. On the Mana Shobogenzo	257
	Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms, Names and Titles	277
	Notes	289
	Bibliography	311
	Index	323