PREFACE IXCONTRIBUTORS XIIICHRISTOPH ANDERL: Chán Rhetoric: An IntroductionJENS BRAARVIG: Rhetoric of EmptinessBART DESSEIN:'Thus Have I Heard' and Other Claims to Authenticity: Development of Rhetorical Devices in the Sarvastivada apadabhidharma TextCHRISTOPH HARBSMEIER: Reading the One Hundred Parables Sutra: The Dialogue Preface and the Gatha Postface CHRISTOPH ANDERL: Coming to Terms with Terms: The Rhetorical Function of Technical Terms in Chán Buddhist TextsHALVOR EIFRING: Beyond Perfection: The Rhetoric of Chán Poetry in Wáng Wéi's Wng Stream CollectionCHRISTIAN WITTERN: Some Preliminary Remarks to a Study of Rhetorical Devices in Chán Ylù Encounter DialoguesWILLIAM M. BODIFORD: The Rhetoric of Chinese Language in Japanese ZenSTEVEN HEINE: Dogen's Appropriation of Chinese Chán Sources: Sectarian and Non-Sectarian Rhetorical PerspectivesROBERT BUSWELL: Pojo Chinul and Kanhwa Sn : Reconciling the Language of Moderate and Radical SubitismJÖRG PLASSEN: From Apologetics to Subversion: Some Initial Observations on Solcham's Chodong owi yohae JONGMYUNG KIM: Hyujong's Son'ga kwigam and its Historical Setting and Soteriological StrategiesVLADIMIR TIKHONOV: Manhae Han Yongun's Attempt at Producing an All-Inclusive Modern Buddhist Compendium - Pulgyo TaejonTHERESE SOLLIEN: Sermons by Xu Yún - A Special Transmission Within the ScripturesINDEX.