{"product_id":"illusory-abiding-natasha-heller-9780674417113","title":"Illusory Abiding: The Cultural Construction of the Chan Monk Zhongfeng Mingben","description":"A groundbreaking monograph on Yuan dynasty Buddhism, \u003ci\u003eIllusory Abiding\u003c\/i\u003e offers a cultural history of Buddhism through a case study of the eminent Chan master Zhongfeng Mingben. Natasha Heller demonstrates that Mingben, and other monks of his stature, developed a range of cultural competencies through which they navigated social and intellectual relationships. They mastered repertoires internal to their tradition--for example, guidelines for monastic life--as well as those that allowed them to interact with broader elite audiences, such as the ability to compose verses on plum blossoms. These cultural exchanges took place within local, religious, and social networks--and at the same time, they comprised some of the very forces that formed these networks in the first place. This monograph contributes to a more robust account of Chinese Buddhism in late imperial China, and demonstrates the importance of situating monks as actors within broader sociocultural fields of practice and exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natasha Heller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674417119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674417113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.38w x 1.40d","brand":"Natasha Heller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086760489215,"sku":"9780674417113","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7bd31252-f25a-400b-bba1-56c90294eabc.jpg?v=1769096419","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illusory-abiding-natasha-heller-9780674417113","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}