Zen Stories - Wisdom of the Zen Masters. Traditional Chinese Culture Series [Modern Chinese, English]. ISBN: 9787514318708

Chinese Title: 禅说 六祖坛经(蔡志忠漫画中英文版)/中国传统文化经典
English Title: Zen Stories - Wisdom of the Zen Masters - Chinese Traditional Culture Comic [Chinese-English Bilingual Edition]
ISBN-10: 7-51-431870-4, 7514318704
ISBN-13: 978-7-51-431870-8, 9787514318708
Series: Traditional Chinese Culture Series
Pages: 278
Binding: Softcover
Shipping Wieght: 510g
Size: 170mm x 232mm
Language: modern simplified Chinese, English
Publisher: Modern Publishing House (现代出版社)

Part of the Traditional Chinese Culture series, this book included even two different Chinese classics about Zen Buddhism: Zen Stories and Wisdom of the Zen Masters and is an illustrated adaptation of the early Zen Buddhist classics of the 13th century. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, the book includes over 100 Zen tales for the reader of today, bringing to life the spirit and philosophy of Zen through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics.

Excerpt from the contents of Zen Stories
What is Zen?
Enlightenment of the Wave
A Cup of Zen
The Outcome of Enlightenment
Teh Staff and Shout of the Venerable Ones Zen Storiens
Passing on the Mind
Seize the Moment
Kasyapa and the Flagpole
Carrying a Woman across a River
The Gates of Heaven
The Lamebrain Official
If I Don't Go to Hell,Who Will?
Black Bamboo,Red Bamboo
The Order of Life and Death
Vow of Silence
Everything Is Empty
The Buddha Isin the Home
Pointing at the Moon
The Lost Student
Enlightenment of the Thief
Can't Say It
The Mute and the Parrot
Zen in a Cup
Disregarding Titles
Self and Other
Words Exceeding Actions
Sound of the Hollow
Fate Is in Your Own Hands
The Faster the Slower
The General's Antique
Giving and Receiving
One Who Understands the Music
A Blind Man Carrying a Lantern

Contents Excerpt from Wisdom of the Zen Masters:
The quest for enlightenment
The sixth patriarch Huineng
A special transmission apart from the scriptures
Not reliant on language
Direct pointing at one's mind
Seeing one's nature, becoming a buddha
Non-Abiding
Sudden in the south, gradual in the north
Huairang of Nanyue
Xingsi of Qingyuan
Xuanjue of Yongjia
Huizhong of Nanyang
Shenhui of Heze
Dayi, patriarch Ma (Mazu)
Seeking a mule while riding a mule
The hunter's marksmanship self-nature
How could it have flown away
Buddha of the sun, Buddha of the moon
Zen of the wild fox
Baizhang's regulations
A Day without work, a day without food
The fire in the embers
the great suppression
Xiangyan hits bamboo
The mind is the Buddha
The devil of language
Eating And Sleeping
Self And Other
Congshen of Zhaozhou
Nanquan Kills a Cat
...

Traditional Chinese Culture Series

中国传统文化系列

The wisdom of the classsics in comics
Tsai Chih Chung`s books have sold over 40 million copies in 44 countries around the world

看景点漫画学英文
蔡志忠漫画图书已经在44个国家出版，销售达到4000万册

The writings of Chinese early thinkers have influenced all facets of Chinese culture and society, from education to art, from politics and warfare to common etiquette. The popular comic book artist TSAI CHIH CHUNG has faithfully brought the wisdom of these classics to life with his uniquely charming illustrations.

中国早期思想家的著作影响了中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠先生一直致力于用他独特而富有吸引力的画风将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入生活。

This series on Traditional Chinese Thought features the great thinkers of Chinese history, including:

- Confucius, the sage of harmonious living
- Laozi, the Daoist sage of natural living
- Zhuangzi, the Daoist sage of freedom and spontaneity
- Sunzi, the sage of winning without warring
- Zen masters, the sages of living in the moment

这一中国传统思想系列漫画映射出历史上伟大思想家们的光辉；包括：
　　孔子，和谐生活的智慧。
　　老子，道家自然生活的智慧。
　　庄子，道家自由与自然的智慧。
　　孙子，不战而胜的智慧。
　　禅师，生活在瞬间的智慧。

TSAI CHIH CHUNG first came to prominence through his award-winning animated movies and his immensely popular daily comic strips. When he turned his hand to the classics after a prolonged period of self-education, they were acclaimed by critics and shot to the top of the bestsellers lists. His books have been published in America by the renowned publishers Princeton University Press and Knopf.

蔡志忠先生最早是因为他获奖的多部动画电影和每日连载漫画引起大众的关注的。在长期的自学之后，蔡志忠先生将创作方向转移到经典著作上。作品广受评论家的好评并快速成为畅销书。蔡先生的书已被美国知名出版如，Princeton University Press和Knopf出版。

Brian Bruya is translator of the American editions and received his Ph.D. in Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawaii. He is a professor and interpreter of early Chinese Philosophy and Managing Editor of Shuhai Wenyuan, a website for the study of Chinese philosophy.

Brian Bruya是此系列书美国版的译者，拥有夏威夷大学比较哲学的博士学位。他是中国早期哲学研究领域的专家和翻译，同时还是一个关于中国哲学研究的网站书海文苑的决编辑。