Chan Buddhism in Literati Culture During the Song Dynasty

The Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism

Revisiting the Notion of Zong: Contextualizing the Dharma Drum Lineage of Modern Chan Buddhism

The paper examines the historiography of zong in Chan/Zen studies in relation to Venerable Sheng Yen’s Dharma Drum Lineage in the historical context of postwar Taiwanese religions. It also examines the evolution and the theoretical basis of Sheng Yen’s formulation of Chinese Buddhist orthodoxy.

the effect of e-64 on the developmental competence of sheep cocs during in vitro maturation

in the present study, the effect of e-64 at different concentrations (0.5, 1, 5 and 10 µm) added to (1) the ivm medium on oocyte nuclear maturation and developmental competence of ovine oocytes, and (2) to the ivc medium on embryonic development of ovine embryos were investigated.

Factors Affecting Tourist Satisfaction with Theatrical Performances: A case study of The Romance of the Song Dynasty in Hangzhou, China

This study, for the first time, attempts to explore the factors affecting tourist satisfaction with a theatrical performance, The Romance of the Song Dynasty in Hangzhou, China. Four factors are identified to have affected tourist satisfaction: “Performance,” “Venue Environment,” “Service,” and “Stage Facilities”. These theatrical performance factors are examined to assess the relative influenc...

State, Literati and Neo-Confucians: an Analysis of Literati Social Network in 1160-1241

This paper uses formal techniques in social network analysis to reconstruct the social space in which leading philosophers of Neo-Confucianism were embedded. By examining the network structure and statistics, it tries to give a new interpretation about the development of Neo-Confucianism and its dissemination among the literati in Southern Song Dynasty. 1 Neo-Confucianism in History Neo-Confuci...