The Record of Linji

E940266

Chan Buddhist text Zen Buddhist text koan collection religious text

The Record of Linji is a classic Chan (Zen) Buddhist text compiling the teachings, sermons, and encounters of the influential Tang dynasty master Linji Yixuan.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Record of Linji	2
The Record of Linji canonical	2
Linji lu (Record of Linji)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Record of Linji
Context triple: [Linji Yixuan, workAttributed, The Record of Linji]

A. Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record is a classic 11th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan anthology, widely studied for its profound teachings and influential commentaries on enlightenment.
B. Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
C. Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn
The Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn is an early Buddhist text that extols the virtues of solitary practice and renunciation, using the image of a rhinoceros wandering alone as its central metaphor.
D. Shōken Kōtaigō
Shōken Kōtaigō is the posthumous title of Empress Shōken, the consort of Emperor Meiji and a prominent figure in Japan’s modernization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a classic Chan Buddhist compendium of lineage histories, teachings, and enlightenment stories tracing the transmission of awakening from the Buddha through generations of Chinese masters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Record of Linji
Target entity description: The Record of Linji is a classic Chan (Zen) Buddhist text compiling the teachings, sermons, and encounters of the influential Tang dynasty master Linji Yixuan.

A. Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record is a classic 11th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan anthology, widely studied for its profound teachings and influential commentaries on enlightenment.
B. Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
C. Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn
The Sutra of the Rhinoceros Horn is an early Buddhist text that extols the virtues of solitary practice and renunciation, using the image of a rhinoceros wandering alone as its central metaphor.
D. Shōken Kōtaigō
Shōken Kōtaigō is the posthumous title of Empress Shōken, the consort of Emperor Meiji and a prominent figure in Japan’s modernization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E. Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a classic Chan Buddhist compendium of lineage histories, teachings, and enlightenment stories tracing the transmission of awakening from the Buddha through generations of Chinese masters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chan Buddhist text ⓘ Zen Buddhist text ⓘ koan collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ
associatedWith	Linji school of Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rinzai school of Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	encounter dialogues ⓘ koans ⓘ sayings ⓘ sermons ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
emphasizes	breaking conceptual thinking ⓘ seeing one’s true nature ⓘ use of shouting (katsu) ⓘ use of striking ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Linji Yixuan NERFINISHED ⓘ students of Linji ⓘ
focusesOn	critique of attachment to scriptures ⓘ critique of reliance on teachers ⓘ direct pointing to mind ⓘ non-duality ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ
genre	encounter dialogue ⓘ sermon collection ⓘ
hasAuthor	Linji Yixuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitleVariant	Lin-chi lu NERFINISHED ⓘ Linji lu NERFINISHED ⓘ Record of Lin-chi NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	development of classical Chan encounter dialogue ⓘ
influenced	East Asian Zen literature ⓘ Rinzai Zen training methods ⓘ
language	Classical Chinese ⓘ
mainSubject	Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen practice ⓘ teachings of Linji Yixuan ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	The Blue Cliff Record NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gateless Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
studiedBy	Buddhist scholars ⓘ Zen practitioners ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Rinzai Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	Chan Buddhist training ⓘ Rinzai Zen monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Linji Yixuan → workAttributed → The Record of Linji ⓘ

Linji Yixuan → textualTradition → The Record of Linji ⓘ

this entity surface form: Linji lu (Record of Linji)

Blue Cliff Record → relatedWork → The Record of Linji ⓘ

this entity surface form: Record of Linji

Linji lineage → associatedText → The Record of Linji ⓘ

Zen koans → compiledIn → The Record of Linji ⓘ