TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welter,Albert
TI  - The Linji lu and the Creation of Chan Orthodoxy: The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings Literature
SN  - 9780195329575
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Yixuan
KW  - Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Tang
KW  - Philosophy -- Buddhism -- Chan -- Linji -- Rinzai -- Song
N1  - 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
ER  -