The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy
Subtitle: the development of Chan's records of sayings literature
By: Albert Welter.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195329575
Subjects: Yixuan, -- d. 867; Zen literature, Chinese -- History and criticism; Zen Buddhism -- China -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining orthodoxy in the Chan/Zen traditions; title: Tracing the elusive yulu: the origins of Chan's records of sayings; title: Narration in action: early fragments of Linji's teachings; title: Giving form to the formless: the formation of the Linji lu; title: Strange brew: the fictional background to yulu encounter dialogues; title: The Linji lu and the process of yulu formation.