About the Author

Professor Wu Yansheng holds doctorates in literature and philosophy and is currently Director of the Institute of Buddhist Studies and professor and supervisor of doctoral candidates at Shaanxi Normal University. He is also editor-in-chief of Chinese Zen Studies. He is the author of the Zen Trilogy: The Origins of Zen Thought, Philosophical Symbols of the Zen School, The Realm of Poetry and Verse in the Zen School and more than a dozen other works. He has been visiting professor in Zen Buddhist wisdom at Peking University, Tsinghua University and other academic institutions, as well as being a popular speaker at Zen forums throughout China.