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- Summary
- "The Linji lu (Record of Linji) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Zen Buddhism for nearly a thousand years. A compilation of sermons, statements, and acts attributed to the great Chinese Zen master Linji Yixuan (d. 866), it serves as both an authoritative statement of Zen's basic standpoint and a central source of material for Zen koan practice. Scholars study the text for its importance in understanding both Zen thought and East Asian Mahayana doctrine, while Zen practitioners cherish it for its unusual simplicity, directness, and ability to inspire." "One of the earliest attempts to translate this important work into English was by Sasaki Shigetsu (1882-1945), a pioneer Zen master in the U.S. and the founder of the First Zen Institute of America. At the time of his death, he entrusted the project to his wife, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, who in 1949 moved to Japan and there founded a branch of the First Zen Institute at Daitoku-ji. Mrs. Sasaki, determined to produce a definitive translation, assembled a team of talented young scholars, both Japanese and Western, who in the following years retranslated the text in accordance with modern research on Tang-dynasty colloquial Chinese. As they worked on the translation, they compiled hundreds of detailed notes explaining every technical term, vernacular expression, and literary reference. One of the team, Yanagida Seizan (later Japan's preeminent Zen historian), produced a lengthy introduction that outlined the emergence of Chinese Zen, presented a biography of Linji, and traced the textual development of the Linji lu. The sudden death of Mrs. Sasaki in 1967 brought the nearly completed project to a halt. An abbreviated version of the book was published in 1975, but neither this nor any other English translations that subsequently appeared contain the type of detailed historical, linguistic, and doctrinal annotation that was central to Mrs. Sasaki's plan." "The materials assembled by Mrs. Sasaki and her team are finally available in the present edition of the Record of Linji. Chinese readings have been changed to Pinyin and the translation itself has been revised in line with subsequent research by Iriya Yoshitaka and Yanagida Seizan, the scholars who advised Mrs. Sasaki. The notes, nearly six hundred in all, are almost entirely based on primary sources and thus retain their value despite the nearly forty years since their preparation. They provide a rich context for Linji's teachings, supplying a wealth of information on Tang colloquial expressions, Buddhist thought, and Zen history, much of which is unavailable anywhere else in English. This revised edition of the Record of Linji is certain to be of great value to Buddhist scholars, Zen practitioners, and readers interested in Asian Buddhism."--Jacket
- Language
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- eng
- chi
- chi
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 485 pages)
- Contents
-
- 42
- Preface to the Recorded Sayings of Chan Master Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou
- 54
- Historical Introduction and Commentary
- 57
- Historical Introduction to The Record of Linji, by Yanagida Seizan
- 59
- Chinese Text
- 347
- The Linji lu in Chinese
- The Record of Linji
- 349
- Ruth Fuller Sasaki
- 1
- Discourses
- 3
- Critical Examinations
- 34
- Record of Pilgrimages
- Isbn
- 9781441620132
- Label
- The record of Linji
- Title
- The record of Linji
- Statement of responsibility
- translation and commentary by Ruth Fuller Sasaki ; edited by Thomas Yūhō Kirchner
- Subject
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- China
- Early works
- Electronic books
- Englisch
- Geschichte 850
- HISTORY -- Asia | Japan
- Linji (Sect)
- Linji (Sect) -- Early works to 1800
- Linji -- commentaire
- Linji lu (Yixuan)
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | General
- Yixuan
- Yixuan, -867
- Zen Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism -- Early works to 1800
- Zen-Buddhismus
- bouddhisme chan
- Übersetzung
- Language
-
- eng
- chi
- chi
- eng
- Summary
- "The Linji lu (Record of Linji) has been an essential text of Chinese and Japanese Zen Buddhism for nearly a thousand years. A compilation of sermons, statements, and acts attributed to the great Chinese Zen master Linji Yixuan (d. 866), it serves as both an authoritative statement of Zen's basic standpoint and a central source of material for Zen koan practice. Scholars study the text for its importance in understanding both Zen thought and East Asian Mahayana doctrine, while Zen practitioners cherish it for its unusual simplicity, directness, and ability to inspire." "One of the earliest attempts to translate this important work into English was by Sasaki Shigetsu (1882-1945), a pioneer Zen master in the U.S. and the founder of the First Zen Institute of America. At the time of his death, he entrusted the project to his wife, Ruth Fuller Sasaki, who in 1949 moved to Japan and there founded a branch of the First Zen Institute at Daitoku-ji. Mrs. Sasaki, determined to produce a definitive translation, assembled a team of talented young scholars, both Japanese and Western, who in the following years retranslated the text in accordance with modern research on Tang-dynasty colloquial Chinese. As they worked on the translation, they compiled hundreds of detailed notes explaining every technical term, vernacular expression, and literary reference. One of the team, Yanagida Seizan (later Japan's preeminent Zen historian), produced a lengthy introduction that outlined the emergence of Chinese Zen, presented a biography of Linji, and traced the textual development of the Linji lu. The sudden death of Mrs. Sasaki in 1967 brought the nearly completed project to a halt. An abbreviated version of the book was published in 1975, but neither this nor any other English translations that subsequently appeared contain the type of detailed historical, linguistic, and doctrinal annotation that was central to Mrs. Sasaki's plan." "The materials assembled by Mrs. Sasaki and her team are finally available in the present edition of the Record of Linji. Chinese readings have been changed to Pinyin and the translation itself has been revised in line with subsequent research by Iriya Yoshitaka and Yanagida Seizan, the scholars who advised Mrs. Sasaki. The notes, nearly six hundred in all, are almost entirely based on primary sources and thus retain their value despite the nearly forty years since their preparation. They provide a rich context for Linji's teachings, supplying a wealth of information on Tang colloquial expressions, Buddhist thought, and Zen history, much of which is unavailable anywhere else in English. This revised edition of the Record of Linji is certain to be of great value to Buddhist scholars, Zen practitioners, and readers interested in Asian Buddhism."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- -867
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yixuan
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Includes original Chinese text
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1892-1967
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Sasaki, Ruth Fuller
- Kirchner, Thomas Yūhō
- Series statement
- Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Yixuan
- Linji
- Yixuan
- Linji (Sect)
- Zen Buddhism
- RELIGION
- HISTORY
- Linji (Sect)
- Zen Buddhism
- Übersetzung
- Zen-Buddhismus
- bouddhisme chan
- Englisch
- China
- Label
- The record of Linji, translation and commentary by Ruth Fuller Sasaki ; edited by Thomas Yūhō Kirchner
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-436) and index
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- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 42
- Preface to the Recorded Sayings of Chan Master Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou
- 54
- Historical Introduction and Commentary
- 57
- Historical Introduction to The Record of Linji, by Yanagida Seizan
- 59
- Chinese Text
- 347
- The Linji lu in Chinese
- The Record of Linji
- 349
- Ruth Fuller Sasaki
- 1
- Discourses
- 3
- Critical Examinations
- 34
- Record of Pilgrimages
- Control code
- ocn436765488
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 485 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441620132
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62ntg4
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436765488
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- The record of Linji, translation and commentary by Ruth Fuller Sasaki ; edited by Thomas Yūhō Kirchner
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-436) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 42
- Preface to the Recorded Sayings of Chan Master Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou
- 54
- Historical Introduction and Commentary
- 57
- Historical Introduction to The Record of Linji, by Yanagida Seizan
- 59
- Chinese Text
- 347
- The Linji lu in Chinese
- The Record of Linji
- 349
- Ruth Fuller Sasaki
- 1
- Discourses
- 3
- Critical Examinations
- 34
- Record of Pilgrimages
- Control code
- ocn436765488
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 485 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781441620132
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt62ntg4
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436765488
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- China
- Early works
- Electronic books
- Englisch
- Geschichte 850
- HISTORY -- Asia | Japan
- Linji (Sect)
- Linji (Sect) -- Early works to 1800
- Linji -- commentaire
- Linji lu (Yixuan)
- RELIGION -- Buddhism | General
- Yixuan
- Yixuan, -867
- Zen Buddhism
- Zen Buddhism -- Early works to 1800
- Zen-Buddhismus
- bouddhisme chan
- Übersetzung
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