Description |
1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Defining orthodoxy in the Chan/Zen traditions -- Tracing the elusive yulu: the origins of Chan's records of sayings -- Narration in action: early fragments of Linji's teachings -- Giving form to the formless: the formation of the Linji lu -- Strange brew: the fictional background to yulu encounter dialogues -- Toward a conclusion: the Linji lu and the process of yulu formation |
Summary |
The Linji lu, or Record of Linji, ranks among the most famous and influential texts of the Chan and Zen traditions. Ostensibly containing the teachings of the Tang dynasty figure Linji Yixuan, the text has generally been accepted at face value, as reliable records of the teachings of this historical figure. In this book, Albert Welter offers the first systematic study of the Linji lu in a western language. Welter places the Linji lu in its historical context, showing how the text was manipulated over time by the Linji faction. Rather than recording the teachings of the illustrious patriarch of |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Yixuan, -867. Linji lu.
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SUBJECT |
Linji lu (Yixuan) fast |
Subject |
Zen literature, Chinese -- History and criticism
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Zen Buddhism -- China -- History
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
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Zen Buddhism
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Zen literature, Chinese
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China
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781441695475 |
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1441695478 |
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9780198044093 |
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0198044097 |
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1283113252 |
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9781283113250 |
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9786613113252 |
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6613113255 |
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0199887055 |
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9780199887057 |
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