The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / [electronic resource] :
Albert Welter.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xii, 236 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Yixuan, d. 867. Linji lu.
Zen literature, Chinese--History and criticism. Zen Buddhism--History.--China