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Table of Contents
- Koans - Some Definitions
- A Register of Known Koan Collections
- Works Dealing With the Koan Study
- About the Ts'ung-jung lu koans
- Known English commentaries to Ts'ung-jung lu koans
- Bibliography of commentaries to Ts'ung-jung lu koans
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
ftp://coombs.anu.edu.au/coombspapers/otherarchives/electronic-buddhist-archives/
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
http://www.earthlight.co.nz/users/maitai/aitken.html
- Althouse, Robert Joshin. 1997. Jumping [Shoyoroku Case 60].
[Available online from URL
http://planet-hawaii.com/zen/banquet.htm
- Arnold, Geoffrey Shugen. 2000a. The World-Honored One Points to the Ground.
Book of Equanimity, Case 4. Mountain Record 18.3, Spring 2000.
[Available online from URL
http://www.mro.org/zmm/talks/shugen8.htm]
- Arnold, Geoffrey Shugen. 2000b. Yangshan's Mind and Environment.
Book of Serenity, Case 32. Mountain Record 18.4, Summer 2000.
[Available online from URL
http://www.mro.org/zmm/talks/shugen9.htm]
- 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.
- Maezumi, Hakuyu Taizan and Glassman, Bernard Tetsugen (Eds). 1976. On
Zen Practice. Los Angeles: Zen Center of Los Angeles.
- 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.
[Available online from URL
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buddhism-zen/teachings/tarrant-john/tarrant-teisho-92-spring.txt]
- 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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