Yuanwu Keqin (1063–1135) was the Chinese

China

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 Chan

Zen

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...

 Buddhist monk who wrote commentaries on the one-hundred koans (kung-an) compiled by Xuedou Zhongxian (Wade-Giles: Hsueh-tou Chung-hsien; Japanese: Setcho Juken) (980–1052). The koans and commentaries together are known as Blue Cliff Record

Blue Cliff Record

The Blue Cliff Record ; Vietnamese: Bích nham lục ) is a collection of Chán Buddhist koans originally compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 and then expanded into its present form by the Chán master Yuanwu Keqin .The book includes Yuanwu's annotations and commentary on Xuedou...

(Wade-Giles: Pi-yen Lu; Japanese: Hekiganroku).

Further reading

• Cleary, Thomas & Cleary, J.C. (1977) The Blue Cliff Record, Shambhala Publications, ISBN 0-8773-622-7

• Cleary, Thomas (2000) Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record: Zen comments by Hakuin and Tenkei, Shambhala ISBN 1-57062-738-x