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The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology.

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

1. Introduction I
2. Translation of the Seven Texts of the Bodhidharma Anthology
3· Commentary on the Biography,Two Entrances, and Two Letters
4· Commentary on the Records

APPENDIX A: THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TUN-HUANG CH'AN MANUSCRIPTS
APPENDIX B: TOWARD A LITERARY HISTORY OF EARLY CH'AN
NOTES
GLOSSARY OF CHINESE LOGOGRAPHS
WORKS CITED
INDEX

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 9/21/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780520219724
      978-0520219724
      ISBN-10 0520219724
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      Religion Zen Buddhism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology.

      Table of Contents
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

      1. Introduction I
      2. Translation of the Seven Texts of the Bodhidharma Anthology
      3· Commentary on the Biography,Two Entrances, and Two Letters
      4· Commentary on the Records

      APPENDIX A: THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE TUN-HUANG CH'AN MANUSCRIPTS
      APPENDIX B: TOWARD A LITERARY HISTORY OF EARLY CH'AN
      NOTES
      GLOSSARY OF CHINESE LOGOGRAPHS
      WORKS CITED
      INDEX

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