TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welter,Albert
TI  - The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy: the development of Chan's records of sayings literature 
SN  - 9781441695475
AV  - BQ9399.I554 L55 2008eb
U1  - 294.3/85 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Yixuan,
KW  - Linji lu (Yixuan)
KW  - fast
KW  - Zen literature, Chinese
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Zen Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Littérature zen chinoise
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - Bouddhisme zen
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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 text has generally been accepted at face value, as reliable records of the teachings of this historical figure. In this book, Albert Welter offers the first systematic study of the Linji lu in a western language. Welter places the Linji lu in its historical context, showing how the text was manipulated over time by the Linji faction. Rather than recording the teachings of the illustrious patriarch of
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