Shilian Dashan: A Preliminary Bibliography

Yay for group work

Wu, Pei-yi. The Confucian's Progress : Autobiographical Writings in Traditional China. Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990. Pages 199-203 introduce the late 17th century monk, his memoir of a trip to Vietnam, and the self-portraits he includes in his poetry collection, .

Dashan 大汕, 17th/18th century and Wan Yi 萬毅, Du Aihua 杜靄華 and Qiu Jiang 仇江, eds. Dashan Heshang ji 大汕和尚集. Guangzhou Shi : Zhongshan daxue chubanshe, 2007. This is the edition from which I take the self portraits. It also contains the complete texts of Dashan's poetry collections and the memoir 海外紀實.

Jiang Boqin 姜伯勤. Shilian Dashan yu Aomen Chan shi :Qing chu Lingnan Chan xue shi yan jiu chu bian 石濂大汕与澳门禅史 : 淸初岭南禅学史硏究初编. Shanghai : Xuelin chubanshe, 1999. I haven't examined this volume, but I wonder about Shilian's relationship with trade networks and missionaries -- this book looks like a possible source on that.

Pan Chengyu 潘承玉. Qu Dajun zhi you Shilian: yi wei zhide guanzhu de Qing chu Lingnan Shi seng 屈大均之友石濂：一位值得关注的清初岭南诗僧. Pan Tsung-yi found this on http://zhihai.heshang.net ; the listed origin is 佛学研究网. Another line says 绍兴文理学院，2003年第1期 (Shaoxing Arts and Sciences Institute, Issue 1, 2003). This article reviews the facts of Shilian's downfall: a grand trial in Guangzhou, estrangement from friends like Qu Dajun, his exile and death en route, and having his works banned. Author Pan Chengyu thinks Shilian was probably wrongfully punished by his political enemies.

Volpp, Sophie. "The Literary Circulation of Actors in Seventeenth-Century China." The Journal of Asian Studies, 61.3 (August, 2002): 949-984. Prof. Waltner says this is an example of a study of a portrait album to understand social networks. Although it is about a beautiful young actor, not a Chan master, the common use of media for community-building is fascinating. Haven't examined this yet.

Wheeler, Charles. "Buddhism in the re-ordering of an early modern world: Chinese missions to Cochinchina in the seventeenth century." Journal of Global History (2007), 2:303-324. A great article for thinking about Shilian's place in missionary Buddhism and trade networks; I've already discussed it in another post.