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The Blue Cliff Record (Chinese: 《碧巖錄》 Bìyán Lù; Japanese: Hekiganroku) is a collection of Zen Buddhist koans compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 (宋宣和七年) by the Chan master Yuanwu Keqin (圜悟克勤 1063-1135).The book includes Yuanwu's annotations and commentary on Xuedou Zhongxian's (雪竇重顯 980 - 1052) collection 100 Verses on Old Cases 《頌古百則》— a compilation of 100 koans selected from events recorded in the Ching-te (era) Record of the Transmission of the Lamp 《景德傳燈錄》.
Yuanwu's successor, Dahui Zonggao (大慧宗杲 1089-1163). wrote many letters to lay students teaching the practice of concentrating on koans during use on koans, and then burned the wooden blocks used to print the Bìyán Lù.
Another key tradition regards Dogen Zenji (道元禅師; 1200 - 1253), a founder of the Soto Zen sect: , Dogen saw the Bìyán Lù for the first time, and stayed up all night making a handwritten copy of the book.
Similar publications included 《祖堂錄》,《虛堂集》etc.
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