Welter, Albert, 1952-

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.


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Yixuan, d. 867. Linji lu.


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


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