Case 56: Qinshan and the Arrow

Case 56: Qinshan and the Arrow

• Title in Sullivan (2021): Qinshan and the Arrow
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Ch’in Shan’s One Arrowpoint Smashes Three Barriers
• Title in Sekida (2005): Kinzan and One Arrow Piercing the Three Barriers
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Chanke Liang (or “Zen Traveller Liang”)
  • Qinshan
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Liang
  • Ch’in Shan
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Ryō Zenkaku
  • Kinzan.
• 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)
  • Eran Junryu Vardi (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)