本书主要介绍中国文化中的重要现象——禅宗，包括禅宗起源（达摩东来）、文盲天才慧能、“五家七宗”、禅宗史、禅理，禅机和禅修、公案和律经、禅宗文化影响（诗歌，绘画，书法，雕像，寺庙）、禅宗与养生（饮食，茶，武术）等。能加深读者对中国传统文化的认识与理解，并从中增长知识获得乐趣，为人生塑造一个良好的定位。

Zhu Yuefeng（朱越峰）,Associate Professor,is an academic staffin Department of Translation and Interpreting,School of Foreign Languages,Hangzhou Normal University. He graduated with Bachelor and Master Degree in English Education and Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in Hangzhou Teachers College and Zhejiang University in 1994 and 2003 respectively. His research interests focus on Buddhist Studies and Translation Theory and Practice,He is now Executive Director of Hangzhou Translation Association and member of Translators Association of Zhejiang. Over the past years,he has in total published a dozen of papers covering Zen Buddhist studies,translation teaching and practice,lexicology,etc…as well as 5 books on these topics. In addition,he has chaired or participated in 5 national,provincial,and municipallevelled academic projects. In 2010,he participated MA Interpreting Program in the School of Arts in Middlesex University,UK as a visiting scholar.

Preface
Chapter One Why Did Bodhidharma Come to the East?
1.1 What Is Zen?
1.2 The Origin of Zen-a Flower and a Smile
1.3 Brief Biography of Bodhidharma
1.4 Meeting Emperor Wu
1.5 Set My Mind at Peace （Second Patriarch Huike）
1.6 One Flower with Five Petals
Chapter Two The Illiterate Prodigy： the Sixth Patriarch Huineng
2.1 A Brieflntroduction to the Third， Fourth and Fifih Paffiarchs
2.2 Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713）
2.3 Four Recorded Texts of The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Chapter Three The Seventh and Eighth Generation Zen Masters
3.1 The Seventh Generation Masters
3.2 The Eighth Generation Masters
Chapter Four Zen's Five Schools and Seven Sects(Ⅰ）--Linji School
4.1 Master Baizhang Huaihai（百丈怀海，720-814）
4.2 Master Huangbo Xiyun（黄檗希运，？-855）
4.3 Master Linji Yixuan（临济义玄，？-867）
4.4 The Way of Linji School
Chapter Five Zen's Five Schools and Seven Sects(Ⅱ）--Caodong School
5.1 Master Yaoshan Weiyan（药山惟俨，737-834）
5.2 Master Yunyan Tansheng（云岩昙晟，782-841）
5.3 Master Dongshan Liangjie（洞山良价，807-869）
5.4 Master Caoshan Benji（曹山本寂，840-901）
5.5 The Way of Caodong School
Chapter Six Zen's Five Schools and Seven Sects(Ⅲ)--Weiyang School
6.1 Master Wbishan Lingyou（沩山灵祜，771-853）
6.2 Master Yangshan Huiji（仰山慧寂，807-883）
6.3 The Way of Weiyang School
Chapter Seven Zen's Five Schools and Seven Sects (IV)-- Yunmen School and Fayan School
7.1 Yunmen School
7.2 Fayan School
Chapter Eight Zen's Five Schools and Seven Sects (V)-- Huanglong Sect and Yangqi Sect
8.1 Huanglong Sect
8.2 Yangqi Sect
Chapter Nine The History of Zen Buddhism
9.1 The History of Zen Buddhism
9.2 Spread of Zen Buddhism to the World
Chapter Ten The Legacy of Zen
10.1 The Buddha's Dharma
10.2 Zen Practice
10.3 The Oxherding Pictures
Chapter Eleven Zen Koans and Scriptures
11.1 Zen Koans
11.2 Zen Scriptures
11.3 Recorded Sayings and Encounter Dialogues
Chapter Twelve Zen and Chinese Culture
12.1 Zen and Poetry
12.2 Zen and Painting
12.3 Zen and Calligraphy
12.4 Zen and Statues
12.5 Zen Buddhist Temples
Chapter Thirteen Zen and Healthcare
13.1 Zen and Cuisine
13.2 Zen and Tea
13.3 Zen and Martial Arts
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