Grant, Beata,  1954- <br/><br/>
Eminent nuns  women Chan masters of seventeenth-century China /  [electronic resource] : 
Beata Grant. 
 - Honolulu :  University of Hawai'i Press,  c2009. 
 - ix, 241 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>Setting the stage: seventeenth-century texts and contexts -- Images of nuns in the writings of seventeenth-century monks -- The making of a woman Chan master: Qiyuan Xinggang -- Qiyuan Xinggang as abbess, dharma teacher, and religious exemplar -- Passing on the lamp: the dharma successors of Qiyuan Xinggang -- From Hengzhou to Hangzhou: Jizong Xingche -- From wise mother to Chan master: Baochi Jizong -- Reviving the worlds of literary Chan: Zukui Jifu -- From Beijing to Jiangnan: Ziyong Chengru. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhist nuns--China--Biography.<br/>Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)--China.<br/>Zen Buddhism--History--China--17th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ9298  / .G73 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/9270820951