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Author Welter, Albert, 1952-

Title The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / Albert Welter
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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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
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Subject Yixuan, -867. Linji lu.
SUBJECT Linji lu (Yixuan) fast
Subject Zen literature, Chinese -- History and criticism
Zen Buddhism -- China -- History
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
Zen Buddhism
Zen literature, Chinese
China
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441695475
1441695478
9780198044093
0198044097
1283113252
9781283113250
9786613113252
6613113255
0199887055
9780199887057