Case 22: Xuefeng’s Turtle-Nosed Snake

Case 22: Xuefeng’s Turtle-Nosed Snake

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Xuefeng’s Turtle-Nosed Snake
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Hsueh Feng’s Turtle-Nosed Snake
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Seppō’s Turtle-nosed Snake
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Xuefeng Yicun (822-908)
    • Changqing Huileng (854-932)
    • Xuansha
    • Yunmen Wenyan (864-949)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Hsueh Feng
    • Ch’ang Ch’ing
    • Hsuan Sha
    • Yun Men.
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Seppō
    • Chōkei
    • Gensha
    • Ummon
  • Other koan collections: The Book of Equanimity, Case #24.
  • Historical commentaries:
    • Chan Masters Miaozong, Baochi and Zukui (contained in Zen Echoes, Beata Grant, 2017)
    • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
  • Modern commentaries:
    • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 3, 1973)
    • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)
    • Genjo Marinello (dharma talk contained in Plum Mountain News, 13.4)
  • Scholarly commentaries:
    • Steven Heine (contained in Opening a Mountains, page 136, 2002)
    • Steven Heine (contained in Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record, page 183, 2016)