Tongxuan's 100 Chan Questions : To Speak Without Speaking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heine, Steven.

Contributor:

Heine, Steven

Cao, Xiaohuan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caodong (Sect).

Genre:

Early works

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

Tongxuan's 100 Chan Questions is a translated and annotated collection of 13th-century Zen Buddhist koans from the Chinese Caodong school. Steven Heine's commentary illuminates the text's rhetorical style, philosophical depth, historical context, and its unique blend of Buddhist, Daoist, and literary influences.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments by Steven Heine

Part One Introduction

1 Historical and Theoretical Background

The Caodong Chan School's Northern Lineage

The Role of Mongol Connections

Styles of Gong'an Discourse

Principles of Minimalism and Pragmatism

Textual Formation and Sectarian History

Further Explanations of Caodong Lineages

Notes

2 Main Rhetorical and Lyrical Elements

The Basic Caodong Standpoint

Relation to Other Gong'an Collections

Comparison with the Qingzhou Collection

Linquan's Literary Style

The Functions of Allusion

Part Two Translation with Commentary

3 Tongxuan's 100 Chan Questions

Preface (Xu 序) by Linquan Conglun

Comments

Case 1. Rugged Roads

Case 2. Unraveling Mysteries

Case 3. A Single Blossom

Case 4. Avoiding Extremes

Case 5. Cosmic Writing

Case 6. Sudden Realization

Case 7. Moving Shore

Case 8. Four Seasons

Case 9. Studying Chan

Case 10. Guishan's Water Buffalo

Case 11. Deshan Striking Buddhas

Case 12. Linji's Scolding

Case 13. Two-Finger Chan

Case 14. Dongshan's Realm

Case 15. Wondrous Peak

Case 16. Nonduality

Case 17. Ultimate Truth

Case 18. Wisdom

Case 19. Bright Window

Case 20. Homeland

Case 21. No Mātanga?

Case 22. No Bodhidharma?

Case 23. Bottomless Boat

Case 24. Rhinoceros-Horn Fan

Case 25. Zhaozhou's Shirt

Case 26. Mud Ox

Case 27. Wooden Horse

Case 28. Three-Legged Donkey

Comments.

Case 29. Iron Bull

Case 30. Causality

Case 31. Śākyamuni's Birth

Case 32. Śākyamuni's Death

Case 33. No Reliance

Case 34. Huike's Mind

Case 35. Emptiness

Case 36. Four Marks

Case 37. Gates to Enlightenment

Case 38. Highest Place

Case 39. Taking Away

Case 40. Vajra Net

Case 41. Chestnut Burr

Case 42. Three Barriers

Case 43. Shouting

Case 44. Flywhisk

Case 45. Staff

Case 46. Circle

Case 47. Pointing in the Air

Case 48. Immortal Dragon

Case 49. Upright Position

Case 50. Partiality

Case 51. Beaten

Case 52. Rewarded

Case 53. Fengxue's Responses

Case 54. Yunmen's Statements

Case 55. Buddha's Words

Case 56. Causality

Case 57. Five Teachings

Case 58. Filial Piety

Case 59. Seat of Enlightenment

Case 60. Marvelous Flowers

Case 61. Guanyin's Gateway

Case 62. Sounds and Forms

Case 63. Life and Death

Case 64. Current Conditions

Case 65. Through Hearing

Case 66. Completely Clear

Case 67. Treasure House

Case 68. Appearances

Case 69. Thirty-Two Marks

Case 70. Five Houses

Case 71. Three Vehicles

Case 72. Nature and Form

Case 73. Four Maladies

Case 74. The Real Moon

Case 75. Vimalakīrti's Silence

Case 76. Uncultivated Mind

Case 77. No Gate

Case 78. Wild Fox

Case 79. Don't Speak

Case 80. A Separate Transmission

Case 81. Emerald Stream

Case 82. Dreams

Case 83. The Best Place

Case 84. Flowers Raining

Case 85. Understanding

Case 86. What's Difficult

Case 87. Clarifying the Source

Case 88. Demon Eyeballs

Case 89. True Nature

Case 90. Here and There

Case 91. Forgotten Virtues

Case 92. Empty Feelings

Case 93. Incorrigibles

Case 94. Two Vehicles

Case 95. Truth and Delusion

Case 96. Subtle and Coarse

Case 97. One and Many

Case 98. One Finger

Case 99. Peacefulness

Case 100. Chasing Pearls

Appendix Merging Sameness with Otherness (Cantongqi)

A Translation with Remarks

Introduction

Translation

Merging Sameness with Otherness by Shitou (J. Sekitō)

A Prose Comment on Cantongqi by Jiyin (or Juefan Huihong)

[Jiyin yue 寂 曰 (J. Jakuon iwaku)]

Further Remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-784387-5

0-19-784389-1

0-19-784388-3

9780197843888

OCLC:

1571474625