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The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / Albert Welter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welter, Albert, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yixuan, -867. Linji lu.
- Yixuan.
- Zen Buddhism--China--History.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Zen literature, Chinese--History and criticism.
- Zen literature, Chinese.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 Linji Lu' has generally been accepted at face value, as a reliable record of the teachings of this historical figure. Albert Welter offers a systematic study of this influential text.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-221) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773996-2
- 0-19-988705-5
- 1-283-11325-2
- 9786613113252
- 0-19-804409-7
- 1-4416-9547-8
- OCLC:
- 726735449
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