Hekigan Roku (Jap.) or Hekigan Shū
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In Chinese, Pi-yen Lu or Pi-yen Chi. The Blue Cliff Records or Blue Cliff Collection of 100 stories of previous Masters made by
Setchō (q.v.) with his own comments on each in verse.
The collection was used by a later Master, Engo (q.v.) who added his own comments and Introductory Words.
Engo’s pupils published the whole material in 1125 as the Hekigan Roku.
In the thirteenth century the work was translated into Japanese and has been ever since one of the most popular such collections.
Trans. into English as the Blue Cliff Records (1961) by R.D.M.Shaw.
See also D.T.Suzuki in The Eastern Buddhist.
