Case 61: Fengxue’s Speck of Dust

Case 61: Fengxue’s Speck of Dust

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Fengxue’s Speck of Dust
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Feng Hsueh’s One Atom of Dust
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Fuketsu’s “One Particle of Dust”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Fengxue
    • Xuedou
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Feng Hsueh
    • Hsueh Tou
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Fuketsu
    • Setchō
  • Other koan collections:
    • The Book of Equanimity, Case #34
    • The True Dharma Eye, Case #214
  • Historical commentaries:
    • Hakuin Ekaku and Tenkei Denson (contained in Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record, Thomas Clearly, 2002)
  • Modern commentaries:
    • Gerry Shishin Wick (contained in The Book of Equanimity, 2005)
    • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)