The Zongjing Lu (Records from the Ancestral Mirror) by
Chan master Yongming Yanshou (904-976 CE) is an unusual
Chan work, for it embraces the entire field of Chinese
Buddhism, including Chan. It cites a dizzying array of sources,
introducing readers to a comprehensive understanding of the
Buddha-dharma. The work is in one hundred fascicles; the
present translation is of fascicles 2, 3, & 4.
RANDOLPH S. WHITFIELD studied Chinese language
and literature at Leiden University. He has translated
various Chan works, including the Jingde Chuandeng Lu
(Records of the Transmission of the Lamp) in 8 volumes.

Yongming Yanshou (904-976) was a prominent Buddhist monk during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and early Song Dynasty in China.