Conference: Creating the World of Chan/ Sŏn /Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread throughout East Asia March 28-31, University of Arizona

Please allow me to announce the following conference: 

Creating the World of Chan/ Sŏn /Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread throughout East Asia
March 28-31, 2018, University of Arizona
“禅的世界”国际研讨会
禅的世界的创建： 中国禅宗及其传播
亚利桑那大学
2018年3月28日－31日

Sponsors: American Council of Learned Societies (Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation)
Fo Guang University
Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Sheng Yen Educational Foundation
Hosted by Department of East Asian Studies & Center for Buddhist Studies
赞助单位：美国学术协会理事会 （蒋经国基金会）
佛光大学
中华佛学研究所
圣严教育基金会
主办单位：亚利桑那大学东亚系&佛学研究中心

March 28 (Wednesday)
5:00–8:00 (Poetry Center)
Center for Buddhist Studies Inaugural Ceremony

Khyentse Foundation Lecture # 1, Master Guangquan (Lingyin Monastery, Hangzhou):
“Telling the Story of Chinese Buddhism: Promoting exchange and mutual learning among civilizations”

3月28日 （星期三）
5:00–8:00 (Poetry Center 诗歌中心)
亚利桑那大学佛学研究中心开幕式
钦哲基金会演讲# 1： 光泉大和尚 （杭州灵隐寺）
“讲好中国佛教故事 推动多元文明交流互鉴”

March 29 (Thursday)
9:00-11:15 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
Session # 1: Foundations of Chan/Sŏn/Zen Buddhism: Geographical, Intellectual & Theoretical Considerations
3月29日 （星期四）
9:00-11:15 (Old Main 老主楼, Silver & Sage)
第一部会： 禅宗的基础： 地理，文化思想和理论的考量

• Shūdō Ishii 石井修道 (Professor Emeritus of Komazawa University 駒澤大學荣誉教授), “An Intellectual History of Kōan: An Initial Study” ，“公案的文化思想史： 初期研究”
• John Jorgensen (LaTrobe University 乐卓博大学), “The Spread of Buddhism as Glimpsed Through the Lens of Language”，“从语言的视角看佛教的传播”
• Master Guangquan 光泉大和尚 (Lingyin Monastery, Hangzhou 杭州灵隐寺), “On the spread of Buddhism in the Southern Song Dynasty: Focusing on Hangzhou” ，“试论南宋时期的佛教传播: 以杭州为中心”
• Albert Welter 魏雅博 (University of Arizona 亚利桑那大学), “Repositioning Chan/ Sŏn/ Zen Buddhist Studies: The Hangzhou Region and the Spread of East Asian Buddhism” “重新定位禅宗的佛教研究： 杭州地区与东亚佛教的传播”

Lunch 11:15-12:15
午餐 11:15-12:15

12:15–3:00 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
Session # 2: Song Dynasty Chan and its Influences

12:15–3:00 (Old Main 老主楼, Silver & Sage)
第二部会 宋代禅宗及其影响

• Guodong Feng 冯国栋 (Zhejiang University 浙江大学), “Buddhist Immigration in Song Dynasty” ， “宋代佛教移民”
• George Keyworth (University of Saskatchewan 加拿大沙斯喀彻温大学), “The Lute, Lyric Poetry, and Literary Arts in Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen Buddhism”，“中国及日本禅中的琵琶、歌诗与文学艺术”
• Jason Protas (Brown University), “Challenges to Conceptions of Song Dynasty Wenzi Chan” （布朗大学），“对宋代文字禅观念的挑战”
• Yi-hsun Huang 黃繹勳 (Fo Guang University), “Chan Isn’t Just Meditation: The Role of Zhizheng zhuan 智證傳 in Chan Buddhism” （佛光大学），“禅不止禅定：《智證傳》在禅宗中的作用”
• Gaoxing Qiu 邱高兴 (China Jiliang University), “Relationship between Dahui Zonggao and monks & layman from the perspective of social network” （中国计量大学），“社交视角下的大慧宗杲与僧侣及信徒关系”

Break 3:00-3:15
小憩 3:00-3:15

3:15–5:00 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
Session # 3: Chinese Chan Dynamics
3:15–5:00 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
第三部会： 中国禅的动态研究

• Jiang Wu 吴疆 (University of Arizona), “Performing Authenticity: Li Zhi 李贄 (1527-1602), Chan Buddhism, and the Rise of Textual Spirituality ” (亚利桑那大学) “表演中的‘本真’：李贽（1527-1602），禅宗与文字境界的兴起”
• Chen-kuo Lin 林镇国 (National Chengchi University), “How a Chan Buddhist copes with the method of hetū-vidyā? – A case study of Miyun Yuanwu (1566-1642) in the debate on the Thesis on No-Motion of Things” （国立政治大学）: 禅僧如何运用因明？－密云圆悟(1566-1642) 的《物不迁论》诤论的案例研究
• Ken Hollaway (Florida Atlantic University), “Searching for Zen Roots: from Guodian to Vimalakirti” (佛罗里达大西洋大学),“寻找禅宗根源：从郭店到维摩诘”

Conference Welcome Dinner 6:00
研讨会欢迎晚餐6:00

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March 30 (Friday)
9:00–12:30 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
Session # 4: Transmissions to Korea & Japan and Beyond
3月30日 （星期五）
9:00-11:15 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
第四部会： 中国禅在韩国、日本及其它国家的传播研究

• Morten Schlütter (University of Iowa), “The Transmission of the Platform Sūtra to Korea and Japan” ( 爱荷华大学），“坛经在韩国和日本的传播研究”
• Juhn Ahn (University of Michigan), “The Origins of the Public Chan or Sŏn Monastery in Korea: The Monk Tamjin and his Impact on Sŏn Buddhism” （密歇根大学），“韩国禅宗丛林的起源：曇真对韩国禅宗的影响 ”
• Steven Heine (Florida International University), “Yuanwu Keqin’s Chinese Chan Influence on the Formation of Early Japanese Zen” （佛罗里达国际大学），“圆悟克勤的中国禅对早起日本禅的形成的影响”
• Steffen Döll (Hamburg University), “A Single Golden Dragon up my Sleeve: Chinese Emigrant Masters in Japan, 1246–1317” 德国汉堡大学， “金龙出袖：1246至1317年在日本的中国高僧们”
• Sungwook Kim (Columbia University), “From Center to Peripheries: Encounter Between Sŏn Buddhism and Popular Religions in Late Chosŏn Korea” (哥伦比亚大学), “从中心到外围：朝鲜晚期禅佛教与民间宗教的相遇”
• Kirill Solonin (Renmin University), “Hongzhou Chan in the Tangut texts” (人民大学), “西夏文本中的洪州禅”

Lunch 12:30–1:30
午餐12:30–1:30

1:30–4:00 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
Session # 5: Modern Transformations of Chan/Sŏn/Zen
1:30–4:00 (Old Main, Silver & Sage)
第五部会： 当代禅宗的转型

• Eric Goodell (Fo Guang University), “Taixu’s History of the Chan Tradition” （佛光大学），“太虚的禅的历史”
• Jin Y. Park (American University), “Decoding History: Nuns in Korean Sŏn Buddhism” （美利坚大学）, “解密历史： 韩国禅佛教中的比丘尼研究”
• Bernard Senécal (Sogang University), “The Struggle of Chogyejong to Define its Identity as a Meditative School in Contemporary Korea” （韩国西江大学）, “当代韩国曹溪宗对禅宗身份认同的困境”
• James Mark Shields (Bucknell University), “Chan Influence on Japanese Buddhist Progressives of Late Meiji” （巴克内尔大学）， “禅对日本明治后期佛教改革的影响”

6:00-7:30 (Poetry Center):

Khyentse Foundation Lecture # 2, Robert E. Buswell, Jr. (University of California, Los Angeles –– UCLA)
“Is Zen “Enlightenment” Sudden or Gradual?: Insights from the Korean Buddhist Tradition”
钦哲基金会演讲# 2，Robert E. Buswell, Jr. (加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校)
“顿悟还是渐悟？：韩国佛教传统对禅悟的见解”

March 31 (Saturday): 9:00-10:30 (La Quinta Hotel conference room)
Session # 6: Conference Wrap up
March 31 (Saturday) 11:00, depart from La Quinta Hotel for Tucson area tour
March 31 (Saturday) 5:00, Dinner

April 1 (Sunday) depart

3月31日（星期六）：9:00-10:30 (拉昆塔酒店会议室)
第六部会： 会议总结
3月31日（星期六）11:00 图森观光
3月31日（星期六）5:00, 晚餐

4月1日（星期日）离开

blurb and backcover of Leaving for the Rising Sun

I am glad that the backcover is ready for the paperback edition. Thank Prof. Lynn Struve for her kind words.

Back cover

“In this wonderfully informative study, Jiang Wu extends the significance of his previous, groundbreaking book, Enlightenment in Dispute, from China into the greater East Asian sphere of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Through the career and legacy of the eminent monk Yinyuan Longqi (1592–1673) in China and Japan, Wu penetrates the crisis of cultural legitimacy that beset East Asia, particularly Tokugawa Japan, after the demise of the Ming dynasty.”—Lynn Struve, Professor of Chinese History, Indiana University, Bloomington

In 1654 Zen Master Yinyuan traveled from China to Japan. Seven years later his monastery, Manpukuji, was built and he had founded a new tradition, called Obaku.  In this sequel to his 2008 book, Enlightenment in Dispute, Jiang Wu tells the story of the tremendous obstacles faced by Yinyuan, drawing parallels between his experiences and the broader political and cultural context in which he lived.

Yinyuan claimed to have inherited the “Authentic Transmission of the Linji Sect.” After arriving in Japan, he was able to persuade the Shogun to build a new Ming-style monastery for the establishment of his Obaku school. His arrival in Japan coincided with a series of historical developments, including the Ming-Qing transition, the consolidation of early Tokugawa power, the growth of Nagasaki trade, and rising Japanese interests in Chinese learning and artistic pursuits. While Yinyuan’s travel is known in scholarly circles, the significance of his journey within East Asian history has not been fully explored. Leaving for the Rising Sun provides a unique opportunity to reexamine the crisis in the continent and responses from other parts of East Asia. Using Yinyuan’s story as a bridge between China and Japan, Wu demonstrates that the monk’s significance is far greater than the temporary success of a religious sect. Rather, Yinyuan imported to Japan a new discourse of authenticity that gave rise to indigenous movements that challenged, and led to the eventual breakup of, a China-centered world order.

Jiang Wu is an associate professor in Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. His research interests include Chinese Buddhism, especially Chan/Zen Buddhism and the Chinese Buddhist canon, Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchanges, and the application of spatial analysis tools in the study of religion and culture. He is the author of Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China (2008).

What is this book about (Leaving for the Rising Sun)?

I wrote a short introductory paragraph to introduce the content of the book.

Sanmon 三门 of Manpukuji ©Jiang Wu 2014

This book investigates the intellectual, social, and religious background of Chinese Zen master Yinyuan’s move to Japan in 1654 and the founding of Manpukuji in 1661. Fully immersed in the Late Ming Buddhist revival, Yinyuan followed a syncretic Buddhist practice but claimed to inherit the authentic transmission from the Linji sect. He arrived in Japan during the Ming-Qing transition and was quickly installed by the bakufu as  symbol for representing China in a Japan-centered world order. His presence in Edo Japan engendered various responses from Japanese Buddhists and intellectuals who sought the meaning of authenticity from Yinyuan. However, the image of his authenticity was questioned and the symbolic presence of Chinese monks was disrupted during the early eighteenth century when China and Japan tightened their control over the Nagasaki trade. Situating Yinyuan and the religious events related to him in a broad understanding of the “seventeenth-century crisis” in early Modern East Asia, this book explains the success and fall of Yinyuan and his tradition in terms of the Authenticity Crisis, meaning that Yinyuan’s claim of religious, political, and cultural authenticity was facing challenges at the wake of a rising Japan-centered identity in Edo Japan. Through the case of Yinyuan, this study seeks to interpret the intellectual and cultural transformation in early modern East Asia as manifestations of the Authenticity Crisis. This book provides new perspectives for rethinking the symbolic role of Buddhist monks in the process of intellectual, political, and social transformation.