Dongshan's Five Ranks by Bolleter, Ross -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgments Dongshan’s Five Ranks Gatha of the Five Positions of Ruler and Minister The Five Stages of Merit I. Overture to the Five Ranks

1. Dongshan and the Five Ranks 2. The Philosophical Heritage of the Five Ranks 3. Working with the Five Ranks

II. Movements of the Five Ranks

The Cycle of the Essential and the Contingent

The Five Modes in Detail

The Cycle of Merit

13. An Overview of the Cycle of Merit 14. Orientation 15. Service 16. Merit 17. Merit in Common 18. Merit upon Merit 19. Reflecting on the Stages of Merit

The Literary Heritage of the Five Ranks

III. Coda to the Five Ranks

23. The Five Modes of Time and Timelessness 24. Some Reflections on the Nature of the Five Ranks

Appendices Appendix 1: Caoshan Benji (840–901): Two Accounts of the Five Ranks Appendix 2: Linji Yixuan’s (d. 866) Four Measures Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author About Wisdom Also from Wisdom Publications Copyright