Supernaturalism in Chan Historiography (#345)

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+title: "Popular Religions and the Dialectic of Supernaturalism in Chan Historiography"
+authors:
+  - "Chao Zhang"
+external_url: "https://icabs.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/497/files/%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E7%B4%80%E8%A6%81%20%E7%AC%AC%EF%BC%92%EF%BC%93%E5%8F%B7%EF%BC%88%E6%A8%AA%E7%B5%84%EF%BC%9AChao%20Zhang%EF%BC%89.pdf"
+drive_links:
+  - "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qyS6Hops_sxYi5FFzk2nuUT3tj9HeWEg/view?usp=sharing"
+course: medieval
+tags:
+  - east-asian
+  - chan-lit
+  - mythology
+year: 2019
+month: mar
+journal: jicpbs
+publisher: "国際仏教学大学院大学" 
+address: "Tokyo"
+volume: 23
+pages: "175--196"
+---
+
+> Actually, during the Song, although marginal, this dual acceptation of
+supernaturalism and its antithesis manifests itself not only in Chan
+biographies, but also in doctrinal writings of the school.
+
+This paper explores the theme of Chan interaction with indigneous Chinese religions. By analyzing Chan Buddhist writings from their inception to the Song Dynasty, the author shows how views on supernaturalism evolved. Early Chan texts de-emphasized miracles, focusing on doctrine and dharma transmission, but by the 9th and 10th centuries, Chan biographies embraced accounts of Buddhist dominance over local religions, mirroring the trend in broader Chinese Buddhist hagiography. Finally, the study ends with a look at a syncretic model in Song Chan writings, which presented a veiled challenge to idolatry and redefined supranturalism to serve a Chan doctrine.