Translator's Introduction ix
A Note on the Translation xxxix
Case 1: The World Honored One Ascends the Seat 3
Case 2: Bodhidharma's "Emptiness" 6
Case 3: The Invitation of the Patriarch to Eastern India 11
Case 4: The World Honored One Points to the Ground 17
Case 5: Qingyuan and the Price of Rice 20
Case 6: Mazu's "White and Black" 23
Case 7: Yaoshan Ascends the Seat 28
Case 8: Baizhang's "Fox" 32
Case 9: Nanquan Kills a Cat 37
Case 10: The Woman of Taishen 42
Case 11: Yunmen's "Two Sicknesses" 46
Case 12: Dizang Planting the Fields 51
Case 13: Linji's "Blind Ass" 56
Case 14: Attendant Huo Passes Tea 60
Case 15: Yangshan Plants His Hoe 63
Case 16: Magu Shakes His Staff 66
Case 17: Fayan's "Hairsbreadth" 72
Case 18: Zhaozhou's "Dog" 76
Case 19: Yunmen's "Sumeru" 81
Case 20: Dizang's "Nearness" 86
Case 21: Yunyan Sweeps the Ground 91
Case 22: Yantou's "Bow and Shout" 95
Case 23: Luzu Faces the Wall 100
Case 24: Xuefeng's "Look out for the Snake" 104
Case 25: Yanguan's "Rhinoceros Fan" 108
Case 26: Yangshan Points to Snow 112
Case 27: Fayan Points to a Blind 116
Case 28: Huguo's "Three Embarrassments" 120
Case 29: Fengxue's "Iron Ox" 125
Case 30: Dasui's "Aeonic Fire" 131
Case 31: Yunmen's "Pillars" 137
Case 32: Yangshan's "Mind and Environment" 140
Case 33: Sansheng's "Golden Fish" 147
Case 34: Fengxue's "Single Atom" 151
Case 35: Luopu's Acquiescence 154
Case 36: Master Ma Is Unwell 160
Case 37: Guishan's "Active Consciousness" 163
Case 38: Linji's "True Man" 167
Case 39: Zhaozhou's "Wash your Bowl" 171
Case 40: Yunmen, Houbai, and Houhei 173
Case 41: Luopu About to Die 176
Case 42: Nanyang's "Water Pitcher" 180
Case 43: Luoshan's "Arising and Vanishing" 183
Case 44: Xingyang's "Garuda" 187
Case 45: Four Sections of the Enlightenment Scripture 191
Case 46: Deshan's "Completion of Study" 194
Case 47: Zhaozhou's "Cypress Tree" 197
Case 48: Vimalakirti's "Nonduality" 201
Case 49: Dongshan Presents Offerings Before the Image 206
Case 50: Xuefeng's "What?" 210
Case 51: Fayan's "Boat or Land" 215
Case 52: Caoshan's "Reality Body" 219
Case 53: Huangbo's "Dreg Slurpers" 223
Case 54: Yunyan's "Great Compassion" 229
Case 55: Xuefeng, the Rice Cook 233
Case 56: Spiritual Uncle Mi and the Rabbit 237
Case 57: Yanyang's "Thing" 241
Case 58: The Diamond Scripture's "Revilement" 244
Case 59: Qinglin's "Dead Snake" 248
Case 60: Iron Grinder, the Cow 253
Case 61: Jianfeng's "One" 255
Case 62: Mi Hu's "Enlightenment or Not?" 259
Case 63: Zhaozhou Asks About Death 264
Case 64: Zizhao's Succession 268
Case 65: Shoushan's "New Bride" 273
Case 66: Jiufeng's "Head and Tail" 276
Case 67: The Flower Ornament Scripture's "Wisdom" 281
Case 68: Jiashan "Swinging the Sword" 286
Case 69: Nanquan's "Cows" 290
Case 70: Jinshan Asks About Nature 295
Case 71: Cuiyan's Eyebrows 299
Case 72: Zhongyi's "Monkey" 303
Case 73: Caoshan's Fulfillment of Filial Piety 307
Case 74: Fayan's "Substance and Name" 311
Case 75: Ruiyan's "Constant Principle" 316
Case 76: Shoushan's Three Phrases 319
Case 77: Yangshan's "Enough" 324
Case 78: Yunmen's "Sesame Cake" 332
Case 79: Changsha Advancing a Step 335
Case 80: Longya Passes the Brace 340
Case 81: Xuansha Comes to the District 346
Case 82: Yunmen's Sound and Form 350
Case 83: Daowu Tends the Sick 352
Case 84: Judi's "One Finger" 356
Case 85: The Appearance of the National Teacher's Monument 361
Case 86: Linji's Great Enlightenment 367
Case 87: Sushan's "Existence and Nonexistence" 372
Case 88: The Surangama's "Not Seeing" 377
Case 89: Dongshan's "No Grass" 382
Case 90: Yangshan's Declaration 385
Case 91: Nanquan's "Peony" 390
Case 92: Yunmen's "Jewel" 394
Case 93: Luzu's Not Understanding 398
Case 94: Dongshan is Unwell 402
Case 95: Linji's One Stroke 408
Case 96: Jiufeng's Disagreement 412
Case 97: Emperor Tongguang's Hat 417
Case 98: Dongshan's "Always Close" 422
Case 99: Yunmen's "Bowl and Bucket" 425
Case 100: Langya's "Mountains and Rivers" 428
Notes 431
Glossary 446
