Records of Linji

A Chinese Buddhist book. It is a collection of sayings by Rinzai Gigen, the founder of the Rinzai sect, and is more specifically called "Zenshi Esho of Rinzai in Chinzhou." It is in one volume. It was edited by his disciple Sansho Enen and verified by Kouke Zonsho. At the beginning of the volume, there is a preface by Ma Fang, who was the governor of Chinzhou at the end of the Northern Song dynasty, and it is made up of four parts: Shangdo, Shishu, Kanben, and Anroku. At the end of the Anroku, there is a biography, and both the form and the content are considered typical of Zen collections of sayings. It contains many famous phrases, such as "Whenever you make a statement with the Lord, every place you stand is true," "The twelve-part teaching of the three vehicles is a used paper that wipes away impurities," and "By killing the Buddha and the Patriarch, you can finally attain liberation." It also contains colloquial language from the Tang dynasty, such as "wu duo zi" (simple), "kappappachi" (lively), and "ke ke di" (to a certain extent), making it a noteworthy source of such language. In addition to the 1120 edition, there is the text of the Four Family Records that preceded it, and it has been translated into both English and French.

[Yanagida Seizan]

"Rinjiroku" (translated and annotated by Asahina Sogen) (Iwanami Bunko) " "Zen Sayings" (edited by Yanagida Seizan) (included in "18 Masterpieces of the World", Chuokoron-Shinsha, 1974)

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中国の仏書。臨済宗の開祖、臨済義玄(ぎげん)の語録で、詳しくは『鎮州臨済慧照(えしょう)禅師語録』という。全一巻。その弟子三聖慧然(さんしょうえねん)の編集、興化存奨(こうけぞんしょう)の校勘である。巻首に北宋(ほくそう)末期、鎮州の長官であった馬防(ばぼう)の序があり、上堂、示衆、勘弁、行録(あんろく)の四部よりなっている。行録の最後に伝記があり、形式、内容ともに、禅の語録の典型とされる。「随処に主と作(な)れば、立処皆な真なり」「三乗十二分教は、不浄を拭(ぬぐ)う故紙なり」「仏を殺し祖を殺して、始めて解脱(げだつ)を得ん」など、名句が多い。また、無多子(たしなし)（単純）、活地(かっぱっぱっち)（ぴちぴちしているさま）、可可地（ある程度）など、唐代の口語もみられ、その資料としても注目される。宣和2年（1120）の版本のほか、これに先だつ四家録のテキストがあり、英仏二国語にも翻訳されている。

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『朝比奈宗源訳注『臨済録』（岩波文庫）』▽『柳田聖山編『禅語録』（『世界の名著18』所収・1974・中央公論社）』

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