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Shoyo Roku
| The Book of Serenity is a collection of 100 Chinese Chan (Zen) stories, anecdotes, and gong'an (J., koan) that was published in China at the end of the Song Dynasty, the date given as 1224. These stories were originally compiled by a Zen adept named Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157). He also went by the name of Tiantong. Tiantong wrote verses to accompany each story, similar to what Zen master Xuedou did in the Blue Cliff Record. About a hundred years later, another Zen adept named Wansong Xingxiu (1166-1246), added prose commentaries to the book, mirroring the literary style of master Yuanwu in the Blue Cliff Record. This enlarged version was published and is known today as The Book of Serenity (Ch., Congrong Lu). The actual complete title of this book in Chinese is: Wansong Laoren Pingchang Tiantong Jue Heshang Songgu Cong Rong Lu, meaning "Elder Wangsong's Commentaries on Tiantong Jue Heshang's Serenity Monastery Hut Record." The English translation extant is done by the American scholar Thomas Cleary , published as Book of Serenity (1988, '98). |
Congrong Lu
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| Zen Books--original Chinese |
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