Tōngxuán bǎiwèn 通玄百問
Hundred Questions on Penetrating-Mystery — a one-juan late-Jīn / early-Yuán Chán Q&A collection: 100 questions posed by the lay Buddhist Yuántōng 圓通 and answered (yǎng dá 仰答 “respectfully responded to”) by Wànsōng Xíngxiù 萬松行秀 (1166–1246).
About the work
A one-juan Chán Q&A catechism, X67 n1312. Non-commentary; commentedTextid omitted.
The text’s 100 questions systematically interrogate Wànsōng on the major Chán doctrinal and practical topics. Parallel in form to other Chán catechetical Q&A collections from the period.
Dating: notBefore c. 1220 (Wànsōng’s mature productive period); notAfter 1246 (Wànsōng’s death).
Links
- CBETA X1312
- Kanseki DB
- Wànsōng’s major works: KR6q0114 Cóngróng lù, KR6q0254 Qǐngyì lù.