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 se Zen
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DESCRIPTION:A talk by Prof. Jason Protass (Brown University). \n\nBuddhism 
 flowed between the Chinese continent and Japan – by Japanese pilgrims\, 
 Chinese émigré monks\, merchants\, texts and other objects. This is ofte
 n described as a transmission from China to Japan. However\, from diaries\
 , travelogues\, manuscripts\, and hagiographic writing of the 11th to 14th
  centuries\, we also learn that Japanese and Chinese monks frequently coul
 d not use spoken communication with each other. Even many erudite Gozan Ze
 n monks\, competent writers of metered-and-rhymed kanshi (“Sinitic poetr
 y”)\, could not understand spoken Chinese. Instead\, acts of translingua
 l communication relied upon: (a) third party interpreters\; (b) written 
 “brush talk” 筆談 (J. hitsudan\; Ch. bitan)\; or (c) body language. 
 This lecture will discuss evidence for these forms of communication\, and 
 illustrate the horizons and possibilities of misunderstanding. I will argu
 e that some foundational insights were reached precisely through miscommun
 ication. I will also suggest that certain kinds of misunderstanding may pl
 ay an essential role in creativity and interpretation. Overall\, this may 
 provide us an opportunity to rethink how we describe the relationship betw
 een Japanese Zen and Chinese Chan.\n\nFlyer\n\nBio\nJason Protass is Assis
 tant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. A scholar of Chin
 ese Buddhism\, he worked with Japanese Sinologists in Kyoto and earned his
  PhD from Stanford in 2016. He has published on Buddhist poetry\, and the 
 use of digital humanities in the study of Chan institutional history.
GEO:34.020144;-118.283737
LOCATION:East Asian Seminar Room\, East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
SUMMARY:Horizons of (Mis)communication between Chinese Chan and Japanese Ze
 n
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 etween_chinese_chan_and_japanese_zen
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
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