Welter, Albert <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195329575 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Yixuan Linji lu 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Tang<br/>Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Song