Wisdom within Words
An Annotated Translation of D?gen's Chinese-Style Poetry
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 14 November 2022
- ISBN 9780197553527
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 163x237x21 mm
- Weight 535 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 6 b&w halftones 524
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Wisdom within Words is the first complete bilingual edition and annotated translation of the poetry collection entitled Kuchugen, which features 150 Chinese-style verses (kanshi) written by D?gen Zenji (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen sect in early medieval Japan and compiled by Menzan.
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Wisdom within Words is the first complete bilingual edition and annotated translation of the poetry collection entitled Kuchugen, which features 150 Chinese-style verses (kanshi) written by D?gen Zenji (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen sect in early medieval Japan, and compiled in the eighteenth century by Menzan Zuiho. These poems are essential in highlighting several key aspects of D?gen's manner of thinking and process of writing creatively while transmitting the Chan/Zen tradition from China to Japan in the first half of the thirteenth century. D?gen learned the Chinese style of writing poetry--featuring four rhyming lines with seven characters each--when he travelled to the mainland in the 1220s. It was there that he first composed 50 verses, the only texts available from this career stage. He continued to write Sinitic poetry throughout his career at both Koshoji temple in Kyoto and Eiheiji temple in the remote mountains.
D?gen's poems had various aims, including reflecting on meditation during periods of reclusion, commenting on cryptic koan cases, eulogizing deceased patriarchs, celebrating festivals and seasonal occasions, welcoming new administrative appointees at the temple, remarking on the life of the Buddha and other aspects of attaining enlightenment, and highlighting various teachings or instructions. Although D?gen's poetry has often been overlooked by the sectarian tradition, these writings have played valuable roles in the development of East Asian Buddhist contemplative life.
D?gen's Zen prose works have been studied extensively, but prior to this volume, scant attention has been paid to his Zen poetry. Now, the senior D?gen scholar in the West, Steven Heine, has crafted a much-needed portal for broader appreciations of the thirteenth-century Zen master's Chinese-style poems. Heine's translations from D?gen's Wisdom Within Words are a must-read for those interested in D?gen or Zen verse.
Table of Contents:
Preface: Investigations
Chapter One. Textual and Interpretative History of D?gen's Sinitic Poetry
Chapter Two. The Question of D?gen as Poet
Translations
Chapter Three: Wisdom Within Words: Translation with Comments
Chapter Four: Supplementary Poems from D?gen's Extensive Record
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Wisdom within Words: An Annotated Translation of D?gen's Chinese-Style Poetry
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