Table of Content: Leaving for the Rising Sun

The following is the final version of the table of content for my forthcoming book:

Statue of Yinyuan Riding a Lion at Manpukuji
©Jiang Wu 2014

Contents

Preface

Conventions

Chronology

Introduction: Yinyuan as a Symbol of Authenticity

1. In Search of Enlightenment: Yinyuan and the Reinvention of the “Authentic Transmission” in Late Ming Buddhist Revival

2. Building a Dharma Transmission Monastery: Mount Huangbo in Seventeenth-Century China

3. Leaving for the Rising Sun: The Historical Background of Yinyuan’s Migration to Japan in 1654

4. The Taikun’s Zen Master from China: Yinyuan, the Edo Bakufu, and the Founding of Manpukuji in 1661

5. The Multiple Lives of a Chinese Monk: Yinyuan as Zen Master, Literary Man, and Thaumaturge

6. Authenticity in Dispute: Responses to the Ideal of Authenticity in Edo Japan

7. “Where Are the Authentic Monks?” The Bakufu’s Failed Attempts to Recruit Chinese Monks

Conclusion: Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East Asia

Work Cited

Index