Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments VII
4. Abbreviations and Conventions IX
5. CHAPTER 1 The Vitality of Buddhism in the Sung 1
6. CHAPTER 2 A Buddhist Response to the Confucian Revival: Tsan-ning and the Debate over Wen in the Early Sung 21
7. CHAPTER 3 Ko-wu or Kung-an? Practice, Realization, and Teaching in the Thought of Chang Chiu-ch'eng 62
8. CHAPTER 4 Silent Illumination, Kung-an Introspection, and the Competition for Lay Patronage in Sung Dynasty Chan 109
9. CHAPTER 5 Images of Women in Chan Buddhist Literature of the Sung Period 148
10. CHAPTER 6 Miao-tao and Her Teacher Ta-hui 188
11. CHAPTER 7 Sung Controversies Concerning the "Separate Transmission" of Chan 220
12. CHAPTER 8 Elite and Clergy in Northern Sung Hang-chou: A Convergence of Interest 295
13. CHAPTER 9 Protocols of Power: Tz'u-yün Tsun-shih (964-1032) and T'ien-t'ai Lay Buddhist Ritual in the Sung 340
14. CHAPTER 10 Chih-li (960-1028) and the Crisis of T'ien-t'ai Buddhism in the Early Sung 409
15. CHAPTER 11 What Is the Buddha Looking At? The Importance of Intersubjectivity in the T'ien-t'ai Tradition as Understood by Chih-li 442
16. CHAPTER 12 T'ien-t'ai Pure Land Societies and the Creation of the Pure Land Patriarchate 477
17. CHAPTER 13 From Local History to Universal History: The Construction of the Sung T'ien-t'ai Lineage 524
18. Glossary of Names 577
19. Glossary of Terms 588
20. Glossary of Texts 598
21. Contributors 605
22. Index 607