On the Nature of Chinese Buddhist Scriptural Exegesis: Observations on the Commentaries of Chengguan, Woncheuk, and Other Sui-Tang Exegetes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction: Commentary at the Crossroads 1
5. Graeco-Roman Commentary beyond Alexandria: Problems and Prospects 9
6. From Plane to Space: The Narrative Arc of a Byzantine Mathematical Manual 29
7. Periodization in the Sunni Qur’an Commentary Tradition: A Chronological History of a Genre 49
8. On the Practice of Autocommentary in Sanskrit Sources 65
9. Oral Commentaries and Scholarly Debates in Sanskrit Philosophy 91
10. On the Nature of Chinese Buddhist Scriptural Exegesis: Observations on the Commentaries of Chengguan, Woncheuk, and Other Sui-Tang Exegetes 107
11. The Mise-en-Page of a Sino-Tibetan Dunhuang Manuscript: Yuanhui’s Commentary on the Laṅkāvatārasūtra 139
12. Commentary and Multilingualism in the Ottoman Reception of Texts: Three Perspectives 171
13. Index 195