Case 15: Yunmen’s Upside Down Statement

Case 15: Yunmen’s Upside Down Statement

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Yunmen’s Upside Down Statement
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Yun Men’s Upside-Down Statement
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Ummon’s “No Preaching on 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 121, 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)
    • Urs App (contained in Zen Master Yunmen, page 142, 2018)