Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong
Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong
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Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong by Guo Xiaoting
Follow the brilliant and hilarious adventures of a mad Zen Buddhist monk who rose from humble beginnings to become one of China's greatest folk heroes! Ji Gong studied at the great Ling Yin monastery, an immense temple that still ranges up the steep hills above Hangzhou, near Shanghai. The Chan (Zen) Buddhist masters of the temple tried to instruct Ji Gong in the spartan practices of their sect, but the young monk, following in the footsteps of other great ne'er-do-wells, distinguished himself mainly by getting expelled. He left the monastery, became a wanderer with hardly a proper piece of clothing to wear, and achieved great renown-in seedy wine shops and drinking establishments! This could have been where Ji Gong's story ended. But his unorthodox style of Buddhism soon made him a hero for popular storytellers of the Song dynasty era and Ji Gong remains popular in China even today, where he regularly appears as the wise old drunken fool in movies and TV shows.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780804843225 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804843228 |
| Title | Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong |
| Author | Guo Xiaoting |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 708 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |