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Although Buddhist nuns have been a continuous presence in Chinese culture since early medieval times and the subject of numerous scholarly studies, this book is one of the first not only to provide a detailed view of their activities at one particular moment in time (the seventeenth century), but also to be based largely on the writings and self-representations of Buddhist nuns themselves. This perspective is made possible by the preservation of collections of "discourse records" (yulu) of seven officially designated female Chan masters in a seventeenth-century printing of the Chinese Buddhist Canon rarely used in English-language scholarship. The collections contain records of religious sermons and exchanges, letters, prose pieces, and poems, as well as biographical and autobiographical accounts of various kinds. Supplemental sources by Chan monks and male literati from the same region and period make a detailed re-creation of the lives of these eminent nuns possible.

Buddhist nuns --- Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) --- Zen Buddhism --- History --- S05/0200 --- S13A/0320 --- S13A/0365 --- Chʻan Buddhism --- Dhyāna (Sect) --- Zen --- Zen (Sect) --- Buddhism --- Mahayana Buddhism --- Zen monasticism and religious orders --- Nuns --- Women Buddhist priests --- China: Biographies and memoirs--General and collective --- China: Religion--Chinese Buddhism: Chan Buddhism (incl. texts) --- China: Religion--Chinese Buddhism: monasteries and temples

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"The Hsu-Tang Library presents authoritative and eminently readable translations of classical Chinese literature, in bilingual editions, ranging across three millennia and the entire Sinitic world. This anthology opens up new religious and poetic worlds for readers. It consists of translations of poems written by Buddhist nuns from China's late imperial period (1368-1911). Appreciation of these poems is enhanced by individual biographical accounts for each of the sixty-five nun-poets and an Introduction to the historical, religious, and literary context of these poems, including a concise discussion of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist poetry. The nuns in this anthology come from a range of backgrounds: some were placed in convents when very young; others were former palace ladies or courtesans who found refuge in the religious life; others were women left widowed or destitute in the wake of the various political and social upheavals of the times, especially the violent transition between the Ming and Qing dynasties in the mid-seventeenth century. This period was also marked by a flourishing of women's culture, as more and more women from the gentry-class began not only to receive the classical education required to write poetry, but also to have their works printed and circulated. Most of the poet-nuns in this volume were from this gentry class, and almost all of them had at least one collection of writings, usually poetry, printed in their names. Although most of these collections are now lost, some of their poems have fortunately been preserved in various anthologies from this period, including anthologies dedicated exclusively to women's poetry, as well as in collections of Buddhist records"--

Buddhist nuns --- Buddhist poetry --- Buddhist poetry, Chinese --- Poetry --- Chinese poetry --- Chinese poetry --- Chinese poetry --- Buddhist poetry --- Women authors --- Religious aspects --- Buddhism --- Women authors