Entretiens du maître dhyâna Chen-houei du Ho-tsö (668-760)
Hanoi: Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1949. 10½" x 7½", pp. [6], x, 126, [2]; text toned, top and bottom of spine chipped (no loss of lettering), small puncture mark in upper wrapper, else very good and sound in original tan printed wrappers. Issued as no. 31 in the publisher's Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient Publications series. Early ownership signature on upper wrapper. "Traduction annotée de quatre manuscrits de Touen-houang publiés en 1930 par M. Hou Che" (introduction). "Chen-houei of the Ho-tso (also commonly transliterated as Heze Shenhui (ca. 668–760) was a highly influential Chinese Buddhist Chan (Zen) master during the Tang Dynasty. He is best known as a disciple of the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-neng, and as the monk who founded the Heze school of Chan" (buddhism[.]lib[.]ntu[.]edu[.]tw/). Item #72279
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