Case 10: Four Shouts for Muzhou

Case 10: Four Shouts for Muzhou

• Title in Sullivan (2021): Four Shouts for Muzhou
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Mu Chou’s Thieving Phony
• Title in Sekida (2005): Bokushū’s “Empty-headed Fool”
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Muzhou Daoming (780-877)
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Mu Chou
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Bokushū
• Historical commentaries:
  • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
• Modern commentaries:
  • Matthew Juksan Sullivan (contained in The Garden of Flowers and Weeds, 2021)
  • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 216, 1973)
  • Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
  • John Tarrant (dharma talk)
  • Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk)
  • Shinge Sherry Chayat (audio dharma talk)
  • Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)