The Way Of Ch'An Av David Hinton

<b>This sweeping collection of new translations paints a brilliant picture of the development of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, China’s most radical philosophical and meditative tradition.</b><br><br>In this landmark anthology of some two dozen translations, celebrated translator David Hinton shows how Ch''an (Japanese: Zen)—too long considered a perplexing school of Chinese Buddhism—was in truth a Buddhist-inflected form of Taoism, China''s native system of spiritual philosophy. The texts in <i>The Way of Ch’an </i>build from seminal Taoism through the “Dark-Enigma Learning” literature and on to the most important pieces from all stages of the classical Ch’an tradition. Guided by Hinton’s accessible introductions, readers will encounter texts and authors includin <br><br><ul><li>I Ching (c. 12th century BCE)</li><li>Lao Tzu (c. 6th century BCE</li><li>Bodhidharma (active c. 500-550 CE)</li><li>Sixth Patriarch Prajna-Able (Hui Neng, 6