Book chapter
The Record of Hongzhi and the Recorded Sayings Literature of Song-Dynasty Chan
The Zen Canon
Oxford University Press
05/13/2004
DOI: 10.1093/0195150678.003.0007
Abstract
This chapter offers an analysis of the “recorded sayings” genre of Zen literature by focusing on the Chan master Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157), a well-known Song dynasty Zen teacher around whom an extensive literary tradition evolved. The essay begins by outlining the yulu genre, its origins and development, and then offers a similar study of development in the history of the literature surrounding this one master, Hongzhi. The Hongzhi lu is shown to be composed of a variety of historical layers, each grafted onto the whole over time through a variety of techniques. The text is shown to develop from small collections of sayings circulating during the master’s lifetime to larger official collections, until its eventual loss in China and increasing prominence in Japan.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Record of Hongzhi and the Recorded Sayings Literature of Song-Dynasty Chan
- Creators
- Morten Schlütter
- Contributors
- Dale S Wright (Editor)Steven Heine (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Zen Canon
- DOI
- 10.1093/0195150678.003.0007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/13/2004
- Academic Unit
- Classics and Religious Studies; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984397176702771
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