The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature /
Welter, Albert,1952-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008.
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.
Yixuan, -867.
Zen literature, Chinese
Zen Buddhism