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Heine, Steven
Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University
Wright, Dale S.
David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, Occidental College
Print publication date: 2004 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: February 2006 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515067-4 |
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The Formation, Propagation, and Characteristics of a Classic Zen K
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doi:10.1093/0195150678.003.0008
Ishii Sh
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Abstract: This chapter examines the Wu-men kuan, one of the most widely read Zen texts in the canon. This text offers 48 kung-an or koan cases that have been significant in Zen practice since the late Sung. Ishii’s essay seeks to trace the development of this text and its genre to the Tsung-men t’ung-yao chi and other earlier Zen sources. The essay seeks to understand why this text was favored so prominently in Japan, and how its structural features relate to the context of Sung dynasty Chan textual history.
Keywords: Tsung-men t’ung-yao chi, Wu-men kuan, Mumonkan, koan, kung-an, 
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7 The Wu-men kuan (J. Mumonkan)
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