Blue Cliff Record, B“y‡n L�The Blue Cliff Record is a collection of Zen Buddhist koans originally compiled in China during the Song dynasty in 1125 and then expanded into its present form by the Chan master Yuanwu Keqin (1063 1135). The book includes Yuanwu's annotations and commentary on Xuedou Zhongxian's (980 1052) collection 100 Verses on Old Cases a compilation of 100 koans. Xuedou selected 82 of these from the Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Jingde (era) Record of the Transmission