Case 14: Yunmen’s Appropriate Statement

Case 14: Yunmen’s Appropriate Statement

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Yunmen’s Appropriate Statement
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Yun Men’s Appropriate Statement
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Ummon’s “Preaching Facing Oneness”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Yunmen Wenyan (864-949)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Yun Men
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Ummon
  • Other koan collections:
    • The True Dharma Eye, Case #95
  • Historical commentaries:
    • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
  • Modern commentaries:
    • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koanspage 62, 1973)
    • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
  • Scholarly commentaries:
    • Steven Heine (contained in Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record, page 209, 2016)