A third type of text that was authored by Japanese monk-scholars were annotated editions of entry-level texts and of the collected writings of famous Chinese authors. Let’s take a look …
Zen monks were also keen poets and compiled numerous poetry collections. What kind of collections were made? Watch Prof. Horikawa describe some examples using items from Keio University’s collections. Keio …
As we have seen so far, Chinese works were not simply read and used as they were, but were often freely modified or added to other existing works for a …
Many such commentaries on the Santishi were written during the medieval period. In the Edo period, some of them were published as printed books. Let us introduce some of them …
Let us look at how medieval Zen monks interpreted classical Chinese poetry by looking at the Santaishi-shō, a commentary on the Santishi edited in the mid-16th century by Shiose Sōwa, …
The Santishi introduced in Step3.3, is one of the most important introductory manuals for young Zen Buddhist monks studied in their first years of religious training. Learning about how Japanese …
The fourth category we look at is poetry collections by individual Chinese poets, such as Bai Juyi (772-846), Han Yu (768-824) and Zongyuan (773-819). Watch Prof.Horikawa introduce 2 examples. Keio …
In this step, we look at reference works such as dictionaries, compendia of quotations, and encyclopedias. Here are some representative works; a. Xinbian shiwen leiju (J. Shinpen Jibun Ruijū, Newly-Edited …
After mastering the first entry-level texts, learners moved on to the poetry collections of notable Tang and Song-dynasty poets, such as Du Fu (712-770), Su Shi (1037-1101), and Huang Tingjian …
From this step onwards, we will once more sort through the types of books studied by Zen monks, focusing on Chinese books as well as the writings that these monks …
For Chinese texts to be read and studied within medieval Japanese Zen temples, they first had to be brought over from China. Since the number of books that could be …
At times, the influence of the Analects was such that they affected the fate of an entire nation. One of the main architects of the Meiji restoration, one of the …
A distinctive trait of Edo-period scholarship was that it extended well beyond Neo-Confucianism to incorporate a variety of subjects and approaches. The Kogaku School (The “Study of Antiquity” School) propounded …