The Chan Interpretations of Wang Wei's Poetry: A Critical Review

By Christian Barry, Jingqing Yang, Sanjay Reddy

Wang Wei (698-759), a High Tang poet, is widely known as "Poet Buddha". The book is an attempt to criticize the assumptions about Chan Buddhist implications in Wang's nature poetry. While other research investigates how Wang intentionally imparted Chan significance into his poetry, this book shows why this is not so and how it lacks evidence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629962322
• ISBN13: 9789629962326
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher