Recorded Sayings of Ancient Venerable Masters: Table of Contents (古尊宿語錄目錄)

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Japan · by 道忠編

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Catalog of Recorded Sayings of Ancient Masters Compiled by the Japanese Rinzai Zen master Mujaku Dōchū during the Edo period. This work systematically organizes the recorded sayings and biographical accounts of eminent Chan masters from the Tang and Song dynasties in China, serving as an essential text for the study of Chan thought and history. Dōchū’s compilation is rigorous and detailed, reflecting the Japanese Zen tradition’s reverence for and transmission of the textual heritage from the Chinese ancestral monasteries. This catalog is not only an authoritative index of Chan literature but also provides valuable historical testimony to the cultural exchange between Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, holding an irreplaceable position in the fields of Buddhist philology and Chan studies.