●Preface

●Abbreviations

●Chapter One: Introduction: The Existing Scholarship and Disser- tation Prospectus

●1.1. The Existing Scholarship

●1.2. A Summary of Existing Scholarship

●1.3. My Research Subject

●1.4. My Reasons for Selecting This Topic

●1.5. The Significance and Value of this Research

●1.6. Research Method: Hermeneutics

●1.7. Dissertation Outline

●1.8. The Sources

●Conclusion

●Chapter Two: Historical and Philosophical Background

●2.1. The Political, Economic and So Background

●2.2. Cultural Background

●2.2.1. The Reinvented Song Chan Buddhist School

●2.2.2. Chan Buddhism in Literati Culture

●2.2.2.1. The Tea Ceremony (chadao)

●2.2.2.2. Chan Poetry

●2.2.2.3. Chan Painting

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