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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790081203321

Autore

Welter Albert <1952->

Titolo

The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy [[electronic resource] ] : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / / Albert Welter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-19-773996-2

0-19-988705-5

1-283-11325-2

9786613113252

0-19-804409-7

1-4416-9547-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/85

Soggetti

Zen literature, Chinese - History and criticism

Zen Buddhism - China - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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