Case 9: The Gates of Zhaozhou

Case 9: The Gates of Zhaozhou

• Title in Sullivan (2021): The Gates of Zhaozhou
• Title in Cleary and Cleary (1992): Chao Chou’s Four Gates
• Title in Sekida (2005): Jōshū’s Four Gates
• Named characters (in Pinyin):
  • Zhaozhou Congshen (778-897)
• Named characters (in Wade-Giles):
  • Chao Chou
• Named characters (in Japanese):
  • Jōshū
• Other koan collections:
  • The True Dharma Eye, Case #46.
• 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)
  • Gyomay Kubose (contained in Zen Koans, page 157, 1973)
  • John Daido Loori (contained in The True Dharma Eye, 2005)
  • Stefano Mui Barragato (dharma talk)
  • Dainin Katagiri (audio dharma talk)
  • Ron Hogen Green (audio dharma talk)
  • Jay Rinsen Weik (audio dharma talk)
  • Kurt Spellmeyer (audio dharma talk 1 and 2)
  • Barry Magid (audio dharma talk)
  • Sal Gessho Randolph (video dharma talk)
  • Geoffrey Shugen Arnold (audiobook)
  • Yamada Kôun (dharma talk with paywall)
• Scholarly commentary:
  • Steven Heine (contained in Like Cats and Dogs, page 138, 2014)