Case 33: Zifu Draws a Circle

Case 33: Zifu Draws a Circle

• Title in Sullivan (2021): Zifu Draws a Circle
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Ministry President Ch’en Sees Tzu Fu
• Title in Sekida (2005): Chinsō Shōsho Comes to Visit Shifuku
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Chencao
  • Zifu
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Ch’en Ts’ao
  • Tzu Fu
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Chinsō
  • Shifuku
• 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 137, 1973)
  • Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk)
  • Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
• Scholarly commentary:
  • Kusumoto Bunyū (contained in Zengo Nyūmon, Zengo 20, 1982)