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Book of Equanimity

Book of Equanimity or Book of Serenity or Book of Composure is a book compiled by Wansong Xingxiu (1166–1246), and first published in 1224. The book comprises a collection of 100 koans written by the Chan Buddhist master Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157), together with commentaries by Wansong. Wansong's compilation is the only surviving source for Hongzhi's koans.

Kōans included in Book of Equanimity
• The World-Honored One Ascends the Rostrum • Bodhidharma's "Vast and Void" • The Indian King Invites the Patriarch • The World-Honored One Points to the Ground • Seigen's "Price of Rice" • Master Ba's "White and Black" • Yakusan Ascends the Rostrum • Hyakujō and the Fox • Nansen Kills a Cat • An Old Woman near Taizan • Unmon's "Two Diseases" • Jizō Plants the Rice Field • Rinzai's "Blind Donkey" • Attendant Kaku Offers Tea • Kyōzan Thrusts His Hoe into the Ground • Mayoku Shook the Ring-Staff • Hōgen's "Hairsbreadth" • Jōshū's Dog • Unmon's "Mt. Sumeru" • Jizō's "Most Intimate" • Ungan Sweeps the Ground • Gantō's Bow to the Kaatz • Roso Faces the Wall • Seppō's "Look at the Snake" • Enkan's "Rhinoceros Fan" • Kyōzan Points to Snow • Hōgen Points to the Bamboo Blinds • Gokoku's "Three Disgraces" • Fuketsu's "Iron Ox" • Daizui's "Kalpa Fire" • Unmon's "Pillar" • Kyōzan's Mind and Objective World • Sanshō's "Golden Scales" • Fuketsu's "Speck of Dust" • Rakuho's Obeisance • Master Ba Is Ill • Isan's "Karma-Consciousness" • Rinzai's "True Person" • Jōshū's "Wash Your Bowls" • Unmon's "White and Black" • Rakuho at His Deathbed • Nan'yō and the Water Jug • Razan's "Appearing and Disappearing" • Kōyō's "Suparnin" • Four Phrases from the Engaku Sutra • Tokusan's "Study Accomplished" • Jōshū's "Oak Tree in the Garden" • Vimalakirti's "Not-Two" • Tōzan and the Memorial Service • Seppō's "What Is This?" • Hōgen's "Boat or Land" • Sōzan's "Dharma-body" • Ōbaku's "Drinkers" • Ungan's "Great Mercy" • Seppō in Charge of Cooking • Misshi and the White Rabbit • Gon'yō's One "Thing" • "Getting Despised" in the Diamond Sutra • Seirin's "Deadly Snake" • Tetsuma, the Cow • Kempō's "One Line" • Beiko's "Enlightenment" • Shishō's "Succession" • Jōshū Asks about "Death" • Shuzan's "Bride" • Kyūhō's "Head and Tail" • The Wisdom in the Kegon Sutra • Kassan Brandishes the Sword • Nansen's "Cats and Foxes" • Shinsan Asks about Nature • Suigan's "Eyebrows" • Chūyū's "Monkey" • Sōzan's Filial Fulfillment • Hōgen's "Form and Name" • Zuigan's "Everlasting Principle" • Shuzan's Three Verses • Kyōzan: As His Profession Requires • Unmon's "Rice Cake" • Chōsa Takes a Step • Suibi and the Chin Rest • Gensha Reaches the Province • Unmon's "Voice" and "Color" • Dōgo's Nursing the Ill • Gutei's One Finger • The National Teacher's Gravestone • Rinzai's Great Enlightenment • Sozan: With or Without • "Non-Seeing" in the Ryōgon Sutra • Tōzan's "Place of No Grass" • Kyōzan Speaks Out • Nansen and the Peonies • Unmon's "One Treasure" • Roso Does Not Understand • Tōzan Unwell • Rinzai Draws a Line • Kyūhō Does Not Acknowledge • Emperor Dōkō's Helmet Hood • Tōzan's "Intimate with It" • Unmon's "Bowl and Pail" • Rōya's "Mountains and Rivers" ==Translations==
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