Case 49: Xuefeng’s Gold-Scaled Fish

Case 49: Xuefeng’s Gold-Scaled Fish

• Title in Sullivan (2021): Xuefeng’s Gold-Scaled Fish
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): San Sheng’s Golden Fish Who Has Passed through the Net
• Title in Sekida (2005): Sanshō’s “The Golden Carp out of the Net”
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Sansheng
  • Xuefeng Yicun (822-908)
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • San Sheng
  • Hsueh Feng
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Sanshō
  • Seppō
• Other koan collections:
  • The Book of Equanimity, Case #33
  • The True Dharma Eye, Case #52
• 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)
  • Richard Shrobe (contained in Elegant Failure, Ch. 10, 2010)
  • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)
  • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
  • Shunryu Suzuki (dharma talk and pdf article)
  • Shinge Sherry Chayat (audio dharma talk)
  • Amala Wrightson (audio dharma talk)
  • Genjo Marinello (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • Ken Morgareidge (audio dharma talk)
  • Kritee (audio dharma talk)
  • Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk)
  • Ron Hogen Green (audio dharma talk)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)