The Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and Its Contexts Book

Acknowledgments - xiii

Part 1
The Mystique of Transmission - 1
Chapter 1- Authority and Authenticity - 3
Fabrications - 3
On the Backgroud of the Lidai fabao ji - 6
An Overview - 12
Chapter 2 - Transmission and Translation - 17
The Challenge of Continuity - 17
Summary of the Contents of the Lidai fabao ji - 19
Emperor of the Ming Han - 21
Daoan and Transmission of Forms - 23
Buddhabhadra and Transmission of Lineage - 33
Huiyan's Transmission of Space and Place - 40
The Mystique of Legitimacy - 52
Conclusion - 54
Chapter 3 - Transmission and Lay Practice - 55
The Interdependence of Lay and Ordained Practice - 55
Criteria of Authenticity of the Dharma and the Authority of the Ordained - 58
The Role of the Bodhisattva Precepts in Lay Devotional Practice - 67
Conclusion - 88
Chapter 4 - Material Buddhism and the Dharma Kings - 91
The Dangers of Empire - 91
The Northern Wei and Spiritual Materialism - 92
Empires of Signs - 98
The Fu fazang zhuan - 101
The Legacy of Tiantai Zhiyi - 110
The Renwang jing - 114
The Sanjie (Three Levels) Movement - 120
Imaginary Cultic Robes - 128
Conclusion - 134
Chapter 5 - Robes and Patriarchs - 136
The "Chan" Question - 136
Tales of the Chan Patriarchs - 138
A Genealogy of Patriarchal Lineages - 158
Shenhui's Rhetoric - 171
Inconceivable Robes in the Vajrasamadhi-sutra and the Platform Sutra - 179
Robes Purple and Gold - 182
The Reforms of Emperor Xuanzong - 189
Chapter 6 Wuzhu and Others - 194
The Second Part of the Lidai fabao ji - 194
A Note About Style - 195
Mass Precepts Ceremonies and Formless Precepts -197
Transmission from Wixiang to Wuzhu - 204
Locating Wuzhu - 214
Antinomianism in the Monastery - 218
Women in the Lidai fabao ji - 226
Daoists in the Dharma Hall - 237
Chapter 7 - The Legacy of the Lidai fabao ji
The Portrait-Eulogy for Wuzhu - 254
Developments After the Lidai fabao ji - 276
Conclusion - 292

Part 2
Annotated Translation of the Lidai Fabao Ji
Section 1 - Sources and the Legend of Emperor Ming of the Han - 300
Section 2 - Buddhism in China - 305
Section 3 - Transmission from China to India (the Fu fazang zhuan) - 307
Section 4 - The First Patriarch, Bodhidharmatrata - 310
Section 5 - The Second Patriarch, Huiki - 313
Section 6 - The Third Patriarch - Sengcan - 315
7 - The Fourth Patriarch - Daoxin
8 - The Fifth Patriarch - Hongren - 319
9 - The Sixth Patriarch - Huineng, Part 1 - 320
10 - Dharma Master Daoan and the Scripture Quotations - 323
11 - Huineng Part 2 - 328
12 - Zhishen and Empress Qu - 330
13 - Chan Master Zhishen - 333
14 - Chan Master Chuji - 334
15 - Chan Master Wuxiang - 335
16 - The Venerable Shenhui - 339
17 - Discourses of the Venerable Wuzhu - 342
18 - Wuzhu and Wuxiang - 343
19 - Du Hongjian's Arrival in Shu - 352
20 - Du Hongjian and the Wuzhu Meet - 356
21 - Cui Gan Visits the Wuzhu - 362
22 - Dialogue with Chan Master Tiwu - 368
23 - Dialogue with Chan Master Huiyi - 370
24 - Dialogue with Masters Yijing, Zhumo, and Tangwen - 370
25 - Dialogue with Master Jingzang - 373
26 - Dialogue with Master Zhiyi - 374
27 - Dialogue with Master Zhongxin - 375
28 - Dialogue with Dharma Master Falun - 376
29 - Dialogue with the Brothers Yixing and Huiming - 378
30 - Dialogue with Changjingjin and Liaojianxing (Female Disciples) - 379
31 - Excerpts and Quotations Part 1 - 381
32 - Excerpts and Quotations Part 2 - 385
33 - Tea Gatha - 386
34 - Dialogue with Daoists - 388
35 - Dialogue with Dharma Masters - 392
36 - Dialogue with Vinaya Masters - 392
37 - Dialogue with Treatise Masters - 395
38 - Trading Quotations with Masters Daoyou, Mingfa, and Guanlu - 397
39 - Taking on Chan Disciples While Drinking Tea - 398
40 - Dialogue with Master Xiongjun - 399
41 - Dialogue with Master Fayaun Accompanied by His Mother - 399
42 - Discourse to Lay Honors - 401
43 - Portrait-Eulogy and Final Scene - 402

Notes - 407
Appendix - 511
Abbreviations - 521
Bibliography - 523
Index - 557