Case 58: Zhaozhou Doesn’t Have an Answer

Case 58: Zhaozhou Doesn’t Have an Answer

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Zhaozhou Doesn’t Have an Answer
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Chao Chou Can’t Explain
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Jōshū’s “No Justification”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Zhaozhou Congshen (778-897)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Chao Chou
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Jōshū
  • Other koan collections:.
    • Historical commentaries: Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
  • Modern commentaries: