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碧巖錄

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: Blue Cliff Record

Senses:

  • Biyan lu. Also written as Biyan ji 碧巖集 and Biyan lu 碧岩錄, with the full title being Foguo Yuanwu chanshi biyan lu 佛果圓悟禪師碧巖錄. 10 fasc.; T 2003.48.139a–292a; published in 1128. A collection of one hundred gong'an 公案, originally compiled by the 4th-generation Yunmen 雲門 monk Xuedou Zhongxian 雪竇重顯 (980–1052) and later commented on by the 11-12th century monk Yuanwu Keqin 圜悟克勤 (1063–1135). Considered as an outstanding representative of Chan literary quality, this text became a central object of study for later kanhua 看話 practitioners, especially prized in the Linji school 臨濟宗 of Chan. Translated into English by Thomas and J.C. Cleary. There are numerous commentaries on this work.

    Reference:

    Cleary, Thomas and J.C. Cleary,  J. Christopher Cleary, eds. 1978. The Blue Cliff Record. Boulder:  Shambhala.

    Cleary, Thomas F, ed. 2000. Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record: Zen Comments by Hakuin and Tenkei. Boston:  Shambhala.

    Sekida, Katsuki, trans. 1977. Two Zen Classics: Mumonkan and Hekiganroku. New York:  Weatherhill.

    Shaw, Ronald Duncan Mackintosh. 1961. The Blue Cliff Records: The Hekigan Roku: Containing One Hundred Stories of Zen Masters of Ancient China. London:  M. Joseph.

    Suzuki, Daisetz T. 1965. “On The Hekigan Roku ("Blue Cliff Records").” The Eastern Buddhist NS01 (1): 5-21.

    Zhu, Caifang. 2011. “The Hermeneutics of Chan Buddhism: Reading Koans from the Blue Cliff Record.” Asian Philosophy 21 (4): 373–393.

    [Charles Muller, Michael Radich; source(s): Kamata,Ui, JEBD, Iwanami]
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    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 337

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 936

    Bulgyo sajeon 286a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 1110c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 713

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 127, 420, 447

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 102b/113

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 356, 426, 435

    Fo Guang Dictionary →碧巖集

    Ding Fubao

    Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) ⑨361c/⑨361d/⑬378a*

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)4518c

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1570-2

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    Entry created: 1993-09-01

    Updated: 2023-12-06