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About the
Ts'ung-jung lu (J. Shoyoroku, E. Book of Serenity) koans

Ts'ung-jung lu (C.) (J. Shoyoroku, E. Book of Serenity, Book of Equanimity). A collection of 100 koans, originally compiled in the 12th century by the Ts'ao-tung (Soto) master Hung-chih Cheng-chüeh [Tiantong Hongzi] (J.Wanshi Shogaku). After Hung-chih's death in 1157 editorial work on the collection was continued by his Dharma 'adversary' and friend, the Lin-chi (Rinzai) master Ta-hui Tsung-kao (J. Daie Soko). In 1223 the koans were provided commentaries by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu [Wansong ] (J. Bansho Gyoshu), a Chinese Zen master from the Ts'ao-tung (Soto) lineage, who taught at T'sung-lin (J. Shorin, E. Cloister of Equanimity) monastery and published the volume under the name of the 'Ts'ung-jung lu'.
Approximately a third of the Ts'ung-jung lu koans are identical with koans in the Pi-yen-lu and the Wu-Men-Kuan collections.

English language fragments of the text have been published online, without any bibliographical details [it might be, possibly, a document by Yamada Koun roshi - ed.], by The Sanbo Kyodan Zen-Buddhist Religious Foundation as a 124KB PDF document, http://homepage3.nifty.com/sanbo-zen/Shoyo-Eg.pdf.

General structure of cases within the koan collection:

Introduction by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu (J.Bansho Gyoshu)
The Case
Commentary by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu
Capping Verse by Hung-chih Cheng-chueh (J. Wanshi Shogaku)
Commentary by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu on Hung-chih Cheng-chueh's verse
Added Sayings by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu
Capping Verse by Wan-sung Hsing-hsiu

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Known English commentaries to
Ts'ung-jung lu koans

Case names are taken from Cleary (1990). Books dealing exclusively with the koans are referrred to by the year of their publication. Commentaries embedded in materials dealing with other issues are referred to by the year and page number.

[Case 01] [Case 02] [Case 03] [Case 04] [Case 05] [Case 06] [Case 07] [Case 08] [Case 09] [Case 10] [Case 11] [Case 12] [Case 13] [Case 14] [Case 15] [Case 16] [Case 17] [Case 18] [Case 19] [Case 20] [Case 21] [Case 22] [Case 23] [Case 24] [Case 25] [Case 26] [Case 27] [Case 28] [Case 29] [Case 30] [Case 31] [Case 32] [Case 33] [Case 34] [Case 35] [Case 36] [Case 37] [Case 38] [Case 39] [Case 40] [Case 41] [Case 42] [Case 43] [Case 44] [Case 45] [Case 46] [Case 47] [Case 48] [Case 49] [Case 50] [Case 51] [Case 52] [Case 53] [Case 54] [Case 55] [Case 56] [Case 57] [Case 58] [Case 59] [Case 60] [Case 61] [Case 62] [Case 63] [Case 64] [Case 65] [Case 66] [Case 67] [Case 68] [Case 69] [Case 70] [Case 71] [Case 72] [Case 73] [Case 74] [Case 77] [Case 76] [Case 77] [Case 78] [Case 79] [Case 80] [Case 81] [Case 82] [Case 83] [Case 84] [Case 85] [Case 86] [Case 87] [Case 88] [Case 89] [Case 90] [Case 91] [Case 92] [Case 93] [Case 94] [Case 95] [Case 96] [Case 97] [Case 98] [Case 99] [Case 100]

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 01
The World Honored One Ascends the Seat

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 02
Bodhidharma's "Emptiness"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 03
The Invitation of the Patriarch to Eastern India

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 04
The World Honored One Points to the Ground

Commentaries: Arnold (2000a),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 05
Qingyuan and the Price of Rice

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 06
Mazu's "White and Black"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 07
Yaoshan Ascends the Seat

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 08
Baizhang's Fox

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 09
Nanquan Kills a Cat

[This case corresponds to:
Pi-yen-lu Case 63, Wu-Men Kuan Case 14 ]

Commentaries: Maezumi (in Maezumi & Glassman 1977:100-105),

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1977:100)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 10
The Woman of Taishan

Commentaries:

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 11
Yunmen's "Two Sicknesses"

Commentaries: Loori (1994:147-160), Maezumi (in Maezumi and Glassman 1978:49-45) [a commentary on the capping verse], Yasutani Hakuun (in Maezumi and Glassman 1978:41-47),

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1978:37-38)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 12
Dizang Planting the Fields

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 13
Linji's "Blind Ass"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 14
Attendant Huo Passes Tea

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 15
Yangshan Plants His Hoe

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 16
Magu Plants His Staff

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 17
Fayan's "Hairsbreath"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 18
Zhaozhou's "Dog"

Commentaries: Loori (1994:77-89),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 19
Yunmen's "Sumeru"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 20
Dizang's "Nearness"

Commentaries:

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 21
Yunyan Sweeps the Ground

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 22
Yantou's "Bow and Shout"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 23
Luzu Faces the Wall

Commentaries: Maezumi (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:82-97),

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:82)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 24
Xuefeng's "Look out for the Snake"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 25
Yanguan's "Rinoceros Fan"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 26
Yangshan Points to Snow

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 27
Fayan Points to a Blind

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 28
Huguo's "Three Embarassments"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 29
Fengxue's "Iron Ox"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 30
Dasui's "Aeonic Fire"

Commentaries:

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 31
Yunmen's "Pillars"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 32
Yanghan's "Mind and Environment"

Commentaries: Arnold (2000b), Tarrant (1992a),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 33
Sansheng's "Golden Fish"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 34
Fengxue'e "Single Atom"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 35
Luopu's Acquiescence

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 36
Master Ma is Unwell

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 37
Guishan's "Active Consciousness"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 38
Linji's "True Man"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 39
Zhaozhou's "Wash Your Bowl"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 40
Yunmen, Houbai, Houhei

Commentaries:

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 41
Luopu About to Die

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 42
Nangyan's "Water Pitcher"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 43
Luoshan's "Arising and Vanishing"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 44
Xingyang's "Garuda"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 45
Four Sections of the Enlightenment Scripture

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 46
Deshan's "Completion of Study"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:105)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 47
Zhaozhou's "Cypress Tree"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:107)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 48
Vimalakirti's "Nonduality"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:108)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 49
Dongshan Presents Offerings Before the Image

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:109)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 50
Xuefeng's "What?"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:110-111)

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 51
Fayan's "Boat or Land"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:112)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 52
Caoshan's "Reality Body"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:114)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 53
Huangbo's "Dreg Slurpers"

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:115)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 54
Yunyan's "Great Compassion"

Commentaries: Loori (1994:161-172),

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:116)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 55
Xuefeng, the Rice Cook

Commentaries:

Note: The case was also translated into English by Maezumi, T. and D. Fraser (in Maezumi and Glassman 1976:117)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 56
Spiritual Uncle Mi and the Rabbit

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 57
Yanyang's "Thing"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 58
The Diamond Scripture's "Revilement"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 59
Qinglin's "Dead Snake"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 60
Iron Grinder, The Cow

Commentaries: Althouse (1997),

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 61
Jianfeng's "One"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 62
Mi Hu's "Enligtenment or Not?"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 63
Zhaoshou Asks About Death

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 64
Zizhao's Succession

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 65
Shoushan's "New Bride"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 66
Jiufeng's "Head and Tail"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 67
The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 68
Jiashan's "Swinging the Sword"

Commentaries: Aitken (1994a),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 69
Nanquan's "Cows"

Commentaries: Aitken (1994b),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 70
Jinshan Asks About Nature

Commentaries: Tarrant (1996),

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 71
Cuiyan's Eyebrows

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 72
Zhongyi's "Monkey"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 73
Caoshan's Fulfilment of Filial Piety

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 74
Fayan's "Substance and Name"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 75
Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 76
Shoushan's Three Phrases

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 77
Yangshan's "Enough"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 78
Yunmen's "Sesame Cake"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 79
Changsha Advancing a Step

Commentaries: Barzaghi (1996),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 80
Longyan Passes the Brace

Commentaries: Loori (1994:105-118),

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 81
Xuansha Comes to the District

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 82
Junmen's Sound and Form

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 83
Daowu Tends the Sick

Commentaries: Loori (1994:215-227),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 84
Judi's "One Finger"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 85
The Appearance of the National Teacher's Monument

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 86
Linji's Great Enlightenment

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 87
Sushan's "Existence and Nonexistence"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 88
The Surangama's "Not Seeing"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 89
Dongshan's "No Grass"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 90
Yangshan's Declaration

[This case corresponds to:
Wu-Men Kuan Case 25]

Commentaries: Aitken (1996b)

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Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 91
Nanquan's "Peony"

Commentaries:

[This case corresponds to:
Pi-yen-lu Case 40 ]

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 92
Yunmen's "Jewel"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 93
Luzu's Not Understanding

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 94
Dongshan is Unwell

Commentaries: Aitken (1996a),

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 95
Linji's One Stroke

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 96
Jiufeng's Disagreement

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 97
Emperor Tongguang's Har

Commentaries: Murphy (1999:19)

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 98
Dongshan's "Always Close"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 99
Yunmen's "Bowl and Bucket"

Commentaries:

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 100
Langya's "Mountains and Rivers"

Commentaries: Aitken (1997)

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Bibliography

Aitken, Robert. 1994a. 'Stuck in a Nest of Reeds - Shoyoroku: Case 68'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 1-3. Summer 1994.
[Available online from URL
ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/electronic-buddhist-archives/
buddhism-zen/teachings/aitken-robert/aitken-shoyoroku-no68.txt
Aitken, Robert. 1994b. 'Knowing and Not Knowing: Nothing to Prove - Shoyoroku: Case 69'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 14-16. Summer 1994.
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/aitken-robert/aitken-shoyoroku-no69.txt
Aitken, Robert. 1996a. 'The old monk is properly looking after that one - Shoyoroku: Case 94'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 1-3. Autumn 1996.
Aitken, Robert. 1996b. 'A Dream within a Dream - Shoyoroku: Case 90']. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Center. pp. 1-3. Spring 1996.
Aitken, Robert. 1997. Mountains and Rivers, Shoyoroku: Case 100'. Bright Water - The Journal of Maitai Zendo. Winter (Southern) 1997.
[Available online from URL
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Althouse, Robert Joshin. 1997. Jumping [Shoyoroku Case 60]. [Available online from URL
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Arnold, Geoffrey Shugen. 2000a. The World-Honored One Points to the Ground. Book of Equanimity, Case 4. Mountain Record 18.3, Spring 2000.
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Arnold, Geoffrey Shugen. 2000b. Yangshan's Mind and Environment. Book of Serenity, Case 32. Mountain Record 18.4, Summer 2000.
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Barzaghi, Subhana. 1996. 'Stepping from the top of the hundred-foot pole - Shoyoroku: Case 79'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 14-17. Autumn 1996.
Cleary, Thomas. 1990. Book of Serenity. Hudson, NY: Lindisfarne Press.
Loori, John Daido. 1994. Two Arrows Meeting Mid-Air: The Zen Koan. Boston, Rutland, Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co.
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Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan. 1977. 'Nansen's Cutting the Cat', in Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds.). pp. 100-105. On Zen Practice II: Body, Breath and Mind. Los Angeles: Center Publications.
Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds). 1978. The Hazy Moon of Enlightenment. Los Angeles: Zen Center of Los Angeles.
Murphy, Susan. 1999. How to Keep the Thrown Stone. [A fragment of the text is dedicated to Shoyoroku: Case 97] Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp.14-19. Winter 1999
Tarrant, John. 1992. 'Yang-shan's Mind and Environment'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 1-7. Winter 1992.
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Tarrant, John. 1996. 'Egg dreams and Green Bamboo Shoots - Blue Cliff Record: Case 16 & Shoyoroku: Case 70'. Mind Moon Circle - The Journal of the Sydney Zen Centre. pp. 4-7. Autumn 1996.

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Buddhist Studies - About the Ts'ung-jung lu koans

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About the Ts'ung-jung lu (J. Shoyoroku, E. Book of Serenity) koans

Known English commentaries to Ts'ung-jung lu koans

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 01The World Honored One Ascends the Seat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 02Bodhidharma's "Emptiness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 03The Invitation of the Patriarch to Eastern India

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 04The World Honored One Points to the Ground

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 05Qingyuan and the Price of Rice

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 06Mazu's "White and Black"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 07Yaoshan Ascends the Seat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 08Baizhang's Fox

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 09Nanquan Kills a Cat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 10The Woman of Taishan

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 11Yunmen's "Two Sicknesses"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 12Dizang Planting the Fields

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 13Linji's "Blind Ass"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 14Attendant Huo Passes Tea

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 15Yangshan Plants His Hoe

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 16Magu Plants His Staff

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 17Fayan's "Hairsbreath"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 18Zhaozhou's "Dog"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 19Yunmen's "Sumeru"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 20Dizang's "Nearness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 21Yunyan Sweeps the Ground

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 22Yantou's "Bow and Shout"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 23Luzu Faces the Wall

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 24Xuefeng's "Look out for the Snake"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 25Yanguan's "Rinoceros Fan"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 26Yangshan Points to Snow

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 27Fayan Points to a Blind

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 28Huguo's "Three Embarassments"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 29Fengxue's "Iron Ox"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 30Dasui's "Aeonic Fire"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 31Yunmen's "Pillars"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 32Yanghan's "Mind and Environment"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 33Sansheng's "Golden Fish"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 34Fengxue'e "Single Atom"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 35Luopu's Acquiescence

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 36Master Ma is Unwell

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 37Guishan's "Active Consciousness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 38Linji's "True Man"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 39Zhaozhou's "Wash Your Bowl"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 40Yunmen, Houbai, Houhei

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 41Luopu About to Die

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 42Nangyan's "Water Pitcher"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 43Luoshan's "Arising and Vanishing"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 44Xingyang's "Garuda"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 45Four Sections of the Enlightenment Scripture

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 46Deshan's "Completion of Study"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 47Zhaozhou's "Cypress Tree"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 48Vimalakirti's "Nonduality"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 49Dongshan Presents Offerings Before the Image

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 50Xuefeng's "What?"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 51Fayan's "Boat or Land"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 52Caoshan's "Reality Body"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 53Huangbo's "Dreg Slurpers"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 54Yunyan's "Great Compassion"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 55Xuefeng, the Rice Cook

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 56Spiritual Uncle Mi and the Rabbit

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 57Yanyang's "Thing"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 58The Diamond Scripture's "Revilement"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 59Qinglin's "Dead Snake"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 60Iron Grinder, The Cow

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 61Jianfeng's "One"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 62Mi Hu's "Enligtenment or Not?"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 63Zhaoshou Asks About Death

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 64Zizhao's Succession

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 65Shoushan's "New Bride"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 66Jiufeng's "Head and Tail"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 67The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 68Jiashan's "Swinging the Sword"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 69Nanquan's "Cows"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 70Jinshan Asks About Nature

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 71Cuiyan's Eyebrows

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 72Zhongyi's "Monkey"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 73Caoshan's Fulfilment of Filial Piety

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 74Fayan's "Substance and Name"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 75Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 76Shoushan's Three Phrases

About the
Ts'ung-jung lu (J. Shoyoroku, E. Book of Serenity) koans

Known English commentaries to
Ts'ung-jung lu koans

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 01
The World Honored One Ascends the Seat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 02
Bodhidharma's "Emptiness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 03
The Invitation of the Patriarch to Eastern India

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 04
The World Honored One Points to the Ground

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 05
Qingyuan and the Price of Rice

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 06
Mazu's "White and Black"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 07
Yaoshan Ascends the Seat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 08
Baizhang's Fox

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 09
Nanquan Kills a Cat

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 10
The Woman of Taishan

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 11
Yunmen's "Two Sicknesses"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 12
Dizang Planting the Fields

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 13
Linji's "Blind Ass"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 14
Attendant Huo Passes Tea

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 15
Yangshan Plants His Hoe

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 16
Magu Plants His Staff

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 17
Fayan's "Hairsbreath"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 18
Zhaozhou's "Dog"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 19
Yunmen's "Sumeru"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 20
Dizang's "Nearness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 21
Yunyan Sweeps the Ground

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 22
Yantou's "Bow and Shout"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 23
Luzu Faces the Wall

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 24
Xuefeng's "Look out for the Snake"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 25
Yanguan's "Rinoceros Fan"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 26
Yangshan Points to Snow

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 27
Fayan Points to a Blind

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 28
Huguo's "Three Embarassments"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 29
Fengxue's "Iron Ox"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 30
Dasui's "Aeonic Fire"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 31
Yunmen's "Pillars"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 32
Yanghan's "Mind and Environment"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 33
Sansheng's "Golden Fish"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 34
Fengxue'e "Single Atom"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 35
Luopu's Acquiescence

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 36
Master Ma is Unwell

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 37
Guishan's "Active Consciousness"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 38
Linji's "True Man"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 39
Zhaozhou's "Wash Your Bowl"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 40
Yunmen, Houbai, Houhei

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 41
Luopu About to Die

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 42
Nangyan's "Water Pitcher"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 43
Luoshan's "Arising and Vanishing"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 44
Xingyang's "Garuda"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 45
Four Sections of the Enlightenment Scripture

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 46
Deshan's "Completion of Study"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 47
Zhaozhou's "Cypress Tree"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 48
Vimalakirti's "Nonduality"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 49
Dongshan Presents Offerings Before the Image

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 50
Xuefeng's "What?"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 51
Fayan's "Boat or Land"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 52
Caoshan's "Reality Body"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 53
Huangbo's "Dreg Slurpers"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 54
Yunyan's "Great Compassion"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 55
Xuefeng, the Rice Cook

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 56
Spiritual Uncle Mi and the Rabbit

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 57
Yanyang's "Thing"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 58
The Diamond Scripture's "Revilement"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 59
Qinglin's "Dead Snake"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 60
Iron Grinder, The Cow

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 61
Jianfeng's "One"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 62
Mi Hu's "Enligtenment or Not?"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 63
Zhaoshou Asks About Death

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 64
Zizhao's Succession

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 65
Shoushan's "New Bride"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 66
Jiufeng's "Head and Tail"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 67
The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 68
Jiashan's "Swinging the Sword"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 69
Nanquan's "Cows"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 70
Jinshan Asks About Nature

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 71
Cuiyan's Eyebrows

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 72
Zhongyi's "Monkey"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 73
Caoshan's Fulfilment of Filial Piety

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 74
Fayan's "Substance and Name"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 75
Ruiyan's "Constant Principle"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 76
Shoushan's Three Phrases

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 77
Yangshan's "Enough"

Ts'ung-jung lu - Case 78
Yunmen's "Sesame Cake"