Xuetou Chongxian’s one-hundred koan collection

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Xuetou Chongxian’s one-hundred koan collection is an influential anthology of Chan (Zen) Buddhist koans that later served as the core material for the classic Blue Cliff Record.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chan koan collection
Chinese Buddhist anthology
Zen Buddhist text
aim challenging conceptual thinking
training in direct insight
associatedWithSchool Yunmen school of Chan NERFINISHED
author Xuetou Chongxian NERFINISHED
compiledBy Xuetou Chongxian NERFINISHED
coreMaterialFor Blue Cliff Record NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
genre koan anthology
hasForm prose
influenced Song dynasty Chan literature
later koan curricula
influencedWork Blue Cliff Record NERFINISHED
language Classical Chinese
laterAnnotatedIn Blue Cliff Record NERFINISHED
laterCommentedOnBy Yuanwu Keqin NERFINISHED
other Chan masters
numberOfKoans 100
period Song dynasty NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
subjectMatter Zen enlightenment
master–disciple encounters
public cases (gong’an)
tradition Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
usedIn Chan monastic training
Rinzai Zen training
koan practice

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Blue Cliff Record basedOn Xuetou Chongxian’s one-hundred koan collection