Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan 9780824864293

According to the fox koan, the second case in the Wu-men kuan koan collection, Zen master Pai-chang encounters a fox who

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Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Koan
 9780824864293

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Part One. Shape-Shifting
1. Putting the Fox Back in the Fox Kōan
2. The Kōan’s Multivalent Discursive Structure
Part Two. Text-Shaping
3. Philosophical Paradigm of Paradoxicality
4. Deep Faith in Causality
5. Folklore Morphology and the Issue of Repentance
6. Unconcluding Methodological Reflections
Appendix I. Translations of Fox Kōan Commentaries
Appendix II. Translation of “Pai-chang’s Monastic Rules
List of Sino-Japanese Terms
Bibliography
Index

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