Welter, Albert,

The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / Albert Welter. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 236 p. : ill.

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. HKBU library

YT2025 M10

9780195329575 0195329570


Yixuan, -867.


Zen literature, Chinese--History and criticism.
Zen Buddhism--History.--China

BQ9399 / W464 L 2008