The Record of Linji
translation and commentary by
Ruth Fuller Sasaki
edited by
Thomas Yūhō Kirchner
University of Hawai‘i Press
honolulu
Foreword, by Yamada Mumon vii
Preface to the 1975 Edition, by Furuta Kazuhiro ix
Editor’s Prologue xiii
Abbreviations xxxi
Th e Record of Linji, translated by Ruth Fuller Sasaki 1
Discourses 3
Critical Examinations 34
Record of Pilgrimages 42
Preface to the Recorded Sayings of Chan Master
Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou 54
Historical Introduction and Commentary 57
Historical Introduction to Th e Record of Linji,
by Yanagida Seizan 59
Commentary, by Ruth Fuller Sasaki 117
Chinese Text 347
The Linji lu in Chinese 349
Bibliography 365
List of Personal Names 437
Cumulative Index 451