Zen Masters Of China. Richard Bryan McDaniel

Zen Masters Of China

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Zen Masters

of China

Zen Masters

of China

The First Step East

ZEN STORIES COLLECTED AND RETOLD BY

Richard Bryan McDaniel

FOREWORD BY ALBERT LOW

DIRECTOR AND TEACHER, MONTREAL ZEN CENTER

TUTTLE Publishing

Tokyo Rutland | Vermont | Singapore

The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”

Most people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing. And his first love was naturally books—especially old and rare editions.

Immediately after WW II, serving in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur, Tuttle was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.

Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.

With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.

Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

www.tuttlepublishing.com

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Zen masters of China: the first step east:

Zen stories / collected and retold by Richard

Bryan McDaniel; foreword by Albert Low, LLD,

Director and Teacher, Montreal Zen

Center. -- First edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8048-4282-2 (hardcover); ISBN 978-1-4629-1050-2 (ebook)

1. Zen stories--China. 2. Koan. I.

McDaniel, Richard Bryan, editor of compilation. II. Low, Albert, writer of added commentary.

BQ9291.4.C6Z46 2012