Contains a long section (pp. l-350) on specific Chan / Zen terms and colloquialisms which appear in Chan literature. This section is arranged according to the Japanese syllabary (aiueo) with pre-war conventions (thus modern kôdô 交堂 is listed under kaudau). Finding entries is greatly facilitated by using Shinohara's Zengo kaisetsujiten sakuin (1959). Relies heavily on Mujaku Dôchû's much more extensive Zenrin shôkisen (see below) and Kattô gose n (see below), and often quotes Muan's Zuting shiyuan (see below). Does not contain much information which cannot be found, with preciser references to sources, in the Zengaku daijiten (see below). An electronic index to this work is being prepared at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

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Comments on sixty Zen expressions associated with the tea ceremony.

The first part of this book contains two lectures and a commentary by the author who spent more than twenty years in America, Europe, India, and China. The second part (俗語解 ) is a dictionary of 771 vernacular expressions found in Chan texts. The arrangement follows the number of characters of the expressions (two to six). This is one of the five books indexed by Shinohara (1959). Usually the author's translation or explanation of an expression is given, sometimes together with a critical appraisal of earlier views. References to works of fiction (such as the Shuihuzhuan 水滸ôB and the Xiyuji 西遊記 are quite frequent. The places where the given expressions originated and where they were used in Chan literature often go unmentioned, in spite of the impressive list of 135 Buddhist (mostly Chan) and 13 secular texts that opens the second part of this work. Partly based on Keishû Dôrin 桂洲道倫's Shoroku zokugokai 諸録俗語解. This is one of the five works indexed in Shinohara's Zengo kaisetsu jiten sakuin 禪語解説辭典索引 (1959). The Zenbunka edition features a combined on'yomi index to this and several other similar works (see below in the section on indices and concordances).

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Collection of famous phrases of Chinese and Japanese Zen masters, arranged by rhyme and number of characters, with an index following the Japanese pronunciation. Concentrates on phrases used in the Japanese Sôtô tradition. Often mentions neither the first nor early occurrences of these phrases but rather refers to later Chinese kôan collections, reference works, Japanese sources (especially Dôgen) and occasionally even to modern writers (Natsume Sôseki). The given i nterpretations reflect the meaning these phrases have in the Japanese Zen (especially Sôto) tradition today.

With 5,155 entries far from being all-encompassing, this work includes a wealth of Zen terms and expressions, defines them concisely, and supplies one (and sometimes several) examples of usage. The whole manuscript was thoroughly supplemented and corrected in several passes over a number of years by Prof. Iriya who figures as the supervisor of this dictionary. Entries, particularly on colloquial terms, grammatical particles, etc. are far more detailed and reliable than those in other dictionarie s. In spite of its overall quality and scope, one would wish that the referencesto source texts were more precise. An undisguised bias for Chinese Zen terms and texts and a failure to comment even on very important differences of usage and meaning in Japan or Korea make this dictionary more limited in scope than its title suggests (unless one simply reads it in Chinese as "Chanyu cidian"). Indispensable for students and researchers. An electronic index to this work is being prepared at the International Res earch Institute for Zen Buddhism.

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The Zenrin kushû collection has great importance not only in present-day Zen training but also in Zen calligraphy etc. This work promises not only to explain the meaning of the often puzzling verses but also to trace them to their original context.

This dictionary has about 20,000 entries arranged by Japanese pronunciation and includes a stroke-count index. The items include titles of books (Chan and Zen texts, monastic codes, verse-collections, biographies of monks, etc.), place-names (including famous places in India, China, and Japan), names of famous temples, Zen monastic precepts, names of persons, expressions, kung-an, etc. The breadth of included items necessitated rather concise treatment; the more recent Zengaku daijiten (1977) an d Iriya / Koga's Zengo jiten (1991) are most often preferable because of their broader coverage and more detailed information.

The late kanchô of the Shôkokuji monastery in Kyoto explains some often-used phrases which usually stem from koans used in the Rinzai tradition. The Zengaku daijiten is much more comprehensive in this respect.

This and the following article (Koga 1987) are draft versions of the manuscript that later was much enlarged and improved in Iriya / Koga's Zengo jiten 禅語辞典 (see above). Once much used by students and researchers alike, they are thus superseded by the dictionary.

Part II of Koga's 1985 article.

In spite of various shortcomings, this dictionary is the most comprehensive to date. In addition to many illustrations and photographs, it contains a good number of maps, historical tables, and the like; all of this makes it indispensable. Some of its weak points are the scant coverage of Zen outside China and Japan, a rather heavy Sôtô bias, and a spotty and unreliable treatment of Zen terminology. Such terminology is often seen and judged exclusively through the writings of the Jap anese monk Dôgen ﾑ whose creativity did not stop short of redefinitions of traditional concepts. This dictionary is thus a standard source to be consulted for information about most aspects of Chinese and Japanese Zen; for Chinese Zen terms and expressions, however, one better relies on Irya and Koga's dictionary (see above). An electronic index to this work is being prepared at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

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Of little more than historical interest after Iriya / Koga's 1991 dictionary.

This index will purportedly include not only references to all occurrences of a term in the collection of bianwen but also cite many specific examples and provide a modern Japanese translation of its meaning, which is why I included it here rather than in the index section.

Older edition: Zenrin shôkisen. Kyoto: Seishin shobô 誠信書房, 1963.

The 1963 printed edition includes kana and Chinese character indices; the 1979 edition is a photo-reproduction of the Myôshinji's 妙心寺 original manuscripts and does not contain any index. A four-corner index of the 1963 edition forms part of Shinohara's index (1959.)

Mujaku wrote the preface to this outstanding encyclopedia in 1742 at age 88. This book explains a great number of terms related to the Chan/Zen temple (architecture, organizational structure, utensils, etc.) and monastic life (functions, rules, daily life, ceremonies, calendar, monastic conventions, etc.). The information is drawn from a wealth of sources: Dôchû lists 488 titles from the Buddhist tradition and 286 titles from the Chinese historical, philosophical, and artistic writin gs. Dôchû's meticulous analyses and interpretations are the outcome of a well-documented inductive process; they are written in classical Chinese with some aids for kanbun readers and pertain to the nature, origin, history, and function of the various objects, roles, and actions that figure in this monument of scholarship.

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Older edition: Kattô gosen 葛藤語箋. Tokyo: Komazawa University's Compiling Office of the Zen Dictionary, 1959.

Recent edition with index: Zenbunka kenkyûjo 禅文化研究所. 1992. Zengo jisho ruiju (ni). 禪語辭書類聚（二）. Kyoto: Zenbunka kenkyûjo 禅文化研究所.

The 1959 printed edition includes stroke-count, Wade, and four-corner indices; Shinohara [1959] indexed the same edition. The 1979 edition is a photographic reproduction of the original manuscript, as is the 1992 edition which includes a combined index to vols. 1 & 2 of the Zengo jisho ruiju. In contrast to other Zenbunka indices, this one includes a radical, stroke count, and pinyin lookup table.

This dictionary of difficult words and expressions found in Chan literature is a complement to Dôchû's Zenrin shôkisen. Dôchû provides one or several good examples for each entry and adds, when necessary, his interpretation. Quite often, he corrects explanations of earlier commentators. An indispensable reading aid from the hand of the 86 year-old Dôchû (manuscript completed in 1739).

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A reference work which lists (and sometimes quotes) occurrences of certain terms and expressions (mostly between two and five characters long) that are found in Chan literature. These terms are listed under twenty headings ("schools [of Chan]", "Chan sickness", "enlightenment", etc.). Though far from exhaustive in its listing of occurrences of the items, this book is a valuable aid for the reader of Chan texts who seeks to establish meanings in Dôchû's inductive manner. Copies of a handwritten index (following Japanese pronunciation) prepared by Mr. Nishiguchi Yoshio in 1983 are privately circulated. An electronic index to this work is being prepared at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

This reference work quotes sentences from the whole range of Chan literature which contain certain words or pertain to certain concepts. These words and concepts are divided in three categories (facts/conditions/living beings 情, objects 器, and numbers 數). The chapter on numbers has subdivisions corresponding to numbers where quotes for "the three kinds of heresies" or "the seven steps", etc., can be found. The three chapters on objects feature subcategor ies such as "money", "drinks", "oil", "flute", "bridge", "mirror", etc. The five chapters on facts/conditions/living beings list occurrences of terms that fall under the subcategories of, for example, "head monk", "heresy", "robber", "tiger", "dream", "ordination", "doubt", and the like. This work is helpful for establishing the Chan context and significance of a great number of terms.

A collection of three- to sixteen-character phrases that originate from a variety of sources (Chinese classics, poems, Buddhist sutras, Chan records, etc.) and are used in the Chan/Zen tradition. This work is much shorter than other collections of the kind (just 786 phrases), but its quality is remarkable. Dôchu often lists more than five, and sometimes more than ten, places where one finds an expression (inside and outside the Chan literature), and when necessary he adds other's and/or hi s own commentary pertaining to its meaning(s). This stands in marked contrast to other current Zen phrase collections and to works such as the Zengaku daijiten which usually flatly state one or more meanings of an expression and then either give a reference to the text where it first occurred or provide just one example of its use in the Chan context. The Zenbunka edition contains only an on'yomi index, but the second volume of the same series (see under Mujaku Dôchû's Kattô gosen) feature s a more convenient index to both volumes. An electronic index to this work is being prepared at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

This small book contains, according to Dôchû's preface written in 1708, 330 expressions which any Zen master ought to know and cannot avoid using. These expressions are listed according to the number of characters they consist of (one to five), and a concise explanation of the meaning is provided. In some cases the source of the expression is noted and a quote given. This is but one example of Dôchû's smaller works in dictionary form; others are listed in the Zenbunka ken kyujo's list (no. ).

A slim notebook which points to places in the Chan literature where certain prefixes, suffixes, and other particles are found. Taken up here are for example ~頭, ~却, ~著, ~生, ~地, 阿~, etc. Competent explanations and translations as well as further examples can be found for example in Iriya / Koga (1991) or �ta (1983). Other works by Dôchû (such as Joshikaku 助詞格 and Joji hin'i 助字品 彙) provide examples for particles that are drawn from a broader literature which includes the Lunyu 論語, Zhuangzi 荘子, Wenxuan 文選, Mengzi 孟子, etc.

This major work of Mujaku is a detailed commentary to terms occurring in the monastic rules that are attributed to Baizhang. The level of detail and competence makes this an indispensable research aid. No index has yet been published, but the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism plans to publish an electronic version of the Baizhang code with tags for terms discussed by Mujaku.

Very detailed explanations of terms occurring in the Letters of Dahui. Since these letters contain a wealth of expressions and quotes, Mujaku's comments are a veritable storehouse of reliable information on Chan vocabulary. An electronic version of Dahui's letters with tags for terms commented by Mujaku is being prepared at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

As usual, Mujaku comments on almost every term of this short and popular Chan text (Taishô vol. 48, no. 2006). An electronic version of this text with tags for terms commented by Mujaku is in preparation at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism.

A reproduction of Mujaku Dôchû's detailed handwritten Chinese comments on the Wujia zhenzongzan 五家正宗賛, a standard compendium of traditional Chan teaching arranged according to the "five houses" 五家. The Zokuzôkyô text is cut and pasted at the head of each section, but without indication of the original volume, page, and line numbers. The index at the end of volume 2 is arranged according to the on'yomi reading used at the Zenbunka research institute. A table of contents (radicals) makes this work accessible to readers unfamiliar with this sometimes quite peculiar traditional way of reading. This index refers to the lookup words supplied by Mujaku as well as to some important terms inside Mujaku's commentary. Each user will have to number the Zokuzôkyô text by him- or herself to facilitate access and quoting. See also the same institute's 1991 index to the text (Wujia zhengzongzan 五家正宗賛) itself.

Muan's work consists of explanations of difficult terms from a number of Chan texts; for example, the first fascicle deals with terms from a lost edition of the Records of Yunmen. Explanations are often not entirely trustworthy, but the age of these comments (it was first published in 1108) and the variety of materials commented upon and referred to make this a valuable source of information. This is one of the five works indexed in Shinohara's Zengo kaisetsu jiten sakuin 禪語解説辭典索引< /CODE> (1959).