Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch

Inventing Hui-neng, the Sixth Patriarch

Hagiography And Biography in Early Ch'an

by John J. Jørgensen

862 pages· 2005· ISBN 9789004145085
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Hui-neng, the patriarchal ancestor of all existing Ch'an/Zen, was invented by Shen-hui (684-758) based on a fusion of Buddhist and Confucian themes. This propaganda led to the creation of a large hagiographical literature that determined the trajectory of Ch'an.

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