Case 91: Yanguan’s Rhinoceros Fan

Case 91: Yanguan’s Rhinoceros Fan

  • Title in Sullivan (2021): Yanguan’s Rhinoceros Fan
  • Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Yen Kuan’s Rhinoceros
  • Title in Sekida (2005): Enkan and the Rhinoceros Fan
  • Named characters (in Pinyin):
    • Yanguan
    • Touzi
    • Shishuang
    • Zifu
    • Baofu Congzhan (d. 928)
  • Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
    • Yen Kuan
    • T’ou Tzu
    • Shih Shuang
    • Tzu Fu
    • Pao Fu
  • Named characters (in Japanese):
    • Enkan
    • Tōsu
    • Sekisō
    • Shifuku
    • Hofuku
  • Other koan collections:
    • The Book of Equanimity, Case #25
  • Historical commentaries:
    • Ikkyū (poem #208, contained in Having Once Paused, Sarah Messer and Kidder Smith translators, 2015 pdf)
    • 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)