Index 279
editions of, 203–204; and syncre-
t i sm, 173 –175
Six Flowers (Formation), 79, 167, 170,
231n.93
Skanda, 161
Song (Mt.), 11–13, 179, 187
Song Jiang militias, 201
Song Mountain Book, 11, 83
“Song of the Emei Monk’s Fist,” 77,
113, 149
“Song of the Sha Fist,” 78
Songshu. See Song Mountain Book
Southern Shaolin, 184, 234n.9
spear, 57–58, 64, 67, 70, 82, 92, 130,
134, 139, 154
Spear Method from the Dreaming-of-Foliage
Hall, 6 4
staff: comparative perspective on, 105–
106, 108; crescent design of, 97–
98; as emblem of the monk,
102–105, 108, 199; and fictional
fighting monks, 92–100; as magic
weapon, 105–108; in Ming army,
92, 130; Shaolin legend of, 83–92;
Shaolin method of, 56 –66, 139;
terminology of, 221n.39; Yu
Dayou’s method of, 64–66
Stories Heard by Yijian, 160
Story of the Western Wing (Dong Jieyuan’s),
43, 95
Story of the Western Wing (Wang Shifu’s),
95
Strategic Defense of the Jiangnan Region,
The, 69
Strickmann, Michel, 40, 120
Stupa Forest, 11, 71, 73
“subsidiary shrine monks,” 47–49
Sui dynasty, 18, 22, 26, 29
Sun Tong, 123
Sun Wukong, 92–93, 98, 101, 124, 131;
and Ming syncretism, 175; and
ring staff, 107–108; and Vajrapâÿi,
94–95, 199
supreme ultimate, 133, 154, 181, 197,
201
Sutra of the Assembled Charms, 40, 42
sword, 58, 155–156. See also broadsword
Sword Classic, 64–66, 215n.26
s y nc ret i sm, 162 , 173 –175, 181, 2 01taiji. See supreme ultimate
Taiji Quan, 2–3, 132–133, 135 –137, 187,
200; and cosmology, 154, 181, 197;
and Daoism, 145–146, 197; and
daoyin, 142, 147–150, 155; and
Zhang Sanfeng, 180
Taizong, Emperor. See Li Shimin
Tang Hao, 3, 66, 84–85, 133, 135, 147,
158, 162
Tang Shunzhi, 62, 77–78, 82, 113, 128,
130, 149, 154
Tang dynasty, 22–34, 52
Tantric ritual, 120, 199. See also hand
symbolism
Tanzong, 25–26, 31, 33–35
Techniques for After-Farming Pastime, 57
Temple of the Central Peak, 12
Tiandihui, 184 –185
Tianwang. See Lokapâlas
Tianyuan, 69–70, 74, 82
Tiebu shan. See Iron-Cloth Shirt
Translated Buddhist Terminology, 102
Travels of Lao Can, 173, 194
Treatise of Military Preparations, 59, 62
Treatise on Military Affairs, 62, 113, 128
Triads, 116, 184
Tuoluoni ji jing. See Sutra of the Assembled
Charms
“Twelve-Section Brocade,” 158–160,
180
“Two Venerable Kings,” 37Unofficial History of the Scholars, 151, 164Vaišravaÿa, 108, 199, 232n.102
vajra, 36 –37, 40, 83, 87, 109, 212n.62;
and Sinews Transformation Classic,
163–164, 167; Weituo’s, 160
Vajrapâÿi, 36 –42, 56, 75, 114, 120, 123,
127, 133, 171–172; a nd ju st i fic at ion
of violence, 52, 91–92, 199; as
progenitor of Shaolin staff, 83–89,
108 –109, 173; and sectarian
religion, 192–193; and Sun
Wukong, 94–95
Vasubandhu, 20