A History of 101 Zen Stories

  • 1919 - "101 Zen Stories" - Transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki - unknown publisher in Japan. 1919
"These stories were transcribed into English from a book called the Shaseki-shu (Collection of Stone and Sand), written late in the thirteenth century by the Japanese Zen teacher Muju (the "non-dweller"), and from anecdotes of Zen monks taken from various books published in Japan around the turn of the present century."

Note from Wikipedia - Shaseki-shu is a five-volume collection of Buddhist parables written by the Japanese monk Mujū in 1283 during the Kamakura period.

  • 1939/40 - "101 Zen Stories" - Transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps - David McKay Company - Philadelphia - 1940

  • 1957 - "Zen Flesh Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings" compiled by Paul Reps. Published by Charles E. Tuttle, Co. 1957 (Library of Congress - 57-10199)
This book includes 4 books including 101 Zen Stories:

101 Zen Stories was first published in 1939 by Rider and Company, London, and David McKay Company, Philadelphia. These stories recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries.

  • 1971 - "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones: A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings" compiled by Paul Reps. (ISBN-13 9780385081306 / ISBN-10: 0385081308) -Published by Double Day - Anchor Books. 1971
This book includes 4 books including 101 Zen Stories.

101 Zen Stories was first published in 1939 by Rider and Company, London, and David McKay Company, Philadelphia. These stories recount actual experiences of Chinese and Japanese Zen teachers over a period of more than five centuries.

  • 1998 - Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (9780804831864) - 1998 - Tuttle
https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/bestsellers/zen-flesh-zen-bones-paperback-with-flaps?searchid=1183775&search_query=Zen+Flesh%2C++Zen+Bones

  • 2008 - Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Classic Edition (9780804837064) - 2008 - Tuttle
https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/religion-spirituality/zen-flesh-zen-bones-classic-edition-boxed-set-slip-cased-casebound?searchid=1183776&search_query=Zen+Flesh%2C++Zen+Bones

  • 2023 - Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (9784805317051) - 2023 - Tuttle
https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/other/zen-flesh-zen-bones-classic-edition?searchid=1183777&search_query=Zen+Flesh%2C++Zen+Bones









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