Case 7: Huichao Inquires about the Buddha
- Title in Sullivan (2021): Huichao Inquires about the Buddha
- Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Hui Ch’ao Asks about Buddha
- Title in Sekida (2005):“Hōgen’s “You are Echo”
- Named characters (in Pinyin):
- Fayan Wenyi (885-958)
- Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
- Hui Ch’ao
- Fa Yen
- Named characters (in Japanese):
- Echō
- Hōgen
- Other koan collections:
- The True Dharma Eye, Case #252
- 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. 16, 2010)
- Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 156, 1973)
- John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
- Geoffrey Shugen Arnold (dharma talk)
- Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
- Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Philip Kapleau (audio dharma talk)
- Genjo Marinello (audio dharma talk)
- Eran Junryu Vardi (audio dharma talk)
- Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
- David Keizan Scott (audio dharma talk)
- Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
- Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
- Scholarly commentaries:
- Steven Heine (contained in Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record, page 217, 2016)