The Linji lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature

Welter, Albert

The Linji lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature - Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2008 - XII, 236 p.: ills.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index.

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.

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Yixuan Linji lu


Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Tang
Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Song