The Book of Serenity從容錄
The Book of Serenity (Chinese: Cóngróng Lù; Japanese: Shōyōroku) is the Caodong (Sōtō) school's counterpart to the Blue Cliff Record. Its hundred cases were chosen and set in verse by Hongzhi Zhengjue in the twelfth century; Wansong Xingxiu added an instruction, a prose commentary, and interlinear notes to each, completing the work in 1224.
This edition gives the core of each case — Wansong's instruction (示眾), the case itself (本則), and Hongzhi's verse (頌). The prose commentary and capping phrases are omitted for now.
The original text is public domain (from the Taishō Tripiṭaka), set in our own punctuation. The translations and pointers are released under CC0.
The 100 Cases
- 1The Buddha Takes the Seat世尊陞座
- 2Bodhidharma's "Vast Emptiness"達磨廓然
- 3The Patriarch Reads No Sutras東印請祖
- 4The Buddha Points at the Ground世尊指地
- 5The Price of Rice in Luling清源米價
- 6Mazu's White and Black馬祖白黑
- 7Yaoshan Takes the Seat藥山陞座
- 8Baizhang's Fox百丈野狐
- 9Nanquan Kills the Cat南泉斬猫
- 10The Old Woman of Mount Tai臺山婆子
- 11Yunmen's Two Sicknesses雲門兩病
- 12Dizang Plants the Fields地藏種田
- 13Linji's Blind Donkey臨際瞎驢
- 14Kuo Serves Tea to Deshan廓侍過茶
- 15Yangshan Plants the Hoe仰山插鍬
- 16Maku Shakes His Staff麻谷振錫
- 17Fayan's Hair's Breadth法眼毫釐
- 18Zhaozhou's Dog趙州狗子
- 19Yunmen's Mount Sumeru雲門須彌
- 20Dizang's "I Don't Know"地藏親切
- 21Yunyan Sweeps the Ground雲巖掃地
- 22Yantou Bows to the Shout巖頭拜喝
- 23Luzu Faces the Wall魯祖面壁
- 24Xuefeng's Snake雪峯看蛇
- 25Yanguan's Rhino Fan鹽官犀扇
- 26Yangshan Points at the Snow仰山指雪
- 27Fayan Points at the Blind法眼指簾
- 28Huguo's Three Embarrassments護國三懡
- 29Fengxue's Iron Ox風穴鐵牛
- 30Dasui's Fire at the End of the World大隨劫火
- 31Yunmen's Pillar雲門露柱
- 32Yangshan's Mind and Object仰山心境
- 33Sansheng's Golden Fish三聖金鱗
- 34Fengxue's Speck of Dust風穴一塵
- 35Luopu Bows His Head洛浦伏膺
- 36Mazu's Sun-Face, Moon-Face馬師不安
- 37Guishan's Karmic Mind溈山業識
- 38Linji's True Person臨濟真人
- 39Zhaozhou's Wash Your Bowl趙州洗鉢
- 40Yunmen's Black and White雲門白黑
- 41Luopu on His Deathbed洛浦臨終
- 42Nanyang's Water Jug南陽淨瓶
- 43Luoshan's Rising and Vanishing羅山起滅
- 44Xingyang's Garuda興陽妙翅
- 45The Four Lines of the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment覺經四節
- 46Deshan: Studies Finished德山學畢
- 47Zhaozhou's Cypress Tree趙州柏樹
- 48Vimalakirti's Silence摩經不二
- 49Dongshan's Memorial Portrait洞山供真
- 50Xuefeng's "What Is It?"雪峯甚麼
- 51Fayan: By Boat or by Land法眼舡陸
- 52Caoshan's Dharma Body曹山法身
- 53Huangbo's Dregs-Guzzlers黃檗噇糟
- 54Yunyan's Hands and Eyes雲巖大悲
- 55Xuefeng Cooks the Rice雪峯飯頭
- 56Master Mi's White Rabbit密師白兔
- 57Yanyang's One Thing嚴陽一物
- 58The Diamond Sutra's Scorn剛經輕賤
- 59Qinglin's Dead Snake青林死蛇
- 60Iron Grindstone Liu's Cow鐵磨牸牛
- 61Qianfeng's One Stroke乾峯一畫
- 62Mihu Asks About Awakening米胡悟否
- 63Zhaozhou Asks About Dying趙州問死
- 64Zizhao's Lineage子昭承嗣
- 65Shoushan's Bride首山新婦
- 66Jiufeng's Head and Tail九峯頭尾
- 67The Buddha's Wisdom in Everyone嚴經智慧
- 68Jiashan Swings the Sword夾山揮劍
- 69Nanquan's Water Buffalo南泉白牯
- 70Jin Asks About Nature進山問性
- 71Cuiyan's Eyebrows翠巖眉毛
- 72Zhongyi's Monkey中邑獼猴
- 73Caoshan's Mourning Is Over曹山孝滿
- 74Fayan on Names法眼質名
- 75Ruiyan Asks About the Eternal瑞巖常理
- 76Shoushan's Three Phrases首山三句
- 77Yangshan Reads a Little仰山隨分
- 78Yunmen's Sesame Cake雲門餬餅
- 79Changsha's Hundred-Foot Pole長沙進步
- 80Longya Passes the Board龍牙過板
- 81Xuansha and the Festival玄沙到縣
- 82Yunmen's Sound and Form雲門聲色
- 83Daowu Visits the Sick道吾看病
- 84Juzhi's One Finger俱胝一指
- 85The National Teacher's Seamless Tomb國師塔樣
- 86Linji's Great Awakening臨濟大悟
- 87Shushan's Words and No-Words疎山有無
- 88The Surangama: Not Seeing楞嚴不見
- 89Dongshan's Endless Grass洞山無草
- 90Yangshan's Announcement仰山謹白
- 91Nanquan's Peony南泉牡丹
- 92Yunmen's One Treasure雲門一寶
- 93Luzu Doesn't Get It魯祖不會
- 94Dongshan Unwell洞山不安
- 95Linji's One Stroke臨濟一畫
- 96Jiufeng Won't Buy It九峯不肯
- 97Emperor Guang's Crown光帝檏頭
- 98Dongshan's "Always At It"洞山常切
- 99Yunmen's Bowl and Bucket雲門鉢桶
- 100Langya's Mountains and Rivers瑯琊山河