Case 41: Touzi’s Great Death

Case 41: Touzi’s Great Death

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Touzi’s Great Death
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Chao Chou’s Man Who Has Died the Great Death
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Jōshū and the Great Death
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Zhaozhou Congshen (778-897)
    • Touzi
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Chao Chou
    • T’ou Tzu
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Jōshū
    • Tōsu
  • Other koan collections:
    • The Book of Equanimity, Case #63
    • The True Dharma Eye, Case #136
    • Seonmun yeomsong seolhwa, Case #726.
  • 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 248, 1973)
    • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)
    • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
  • Scholarly commentaries: