the development of Chan's records of sayings literature /
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Albert Welter
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New York :
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Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008
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xii, 236 p. :
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ill. ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-221) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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