Case 77: Yunmen’s Cake

Case 77: Yunmen’s Cake

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Yunmen’s Cake
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Yun Men’s Cake
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Ummon’s “A Sesame Bun”
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Yunmen Wenyan (864-949)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Yun Men
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Ummon
  • Other koan collections:
    • The Book of Equanimity, Case #78
  • 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)
  • Scholarly commentaries:
    • Urs App (contained in Zen Master Yunmen, page 123, 2018)