Blue Cliff Record

12th-century Chan Buddhist literary work
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Blue Cliff Record

Summary

Blue Cliff Record is a Buddhist text[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of buddhist_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Cliff Record authored Yuanwu Keqin[3].
  • Blue Cliff Record's instance of is recorded as Buddhist text[4].
  • Blue Cliff Record's genre is recorded as collected sayings[5].
  • Blue Cliff Record's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 176856590[6].
  • Blue Cliff Record's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00627695[7].
  • Blue Cliff Record's Commons category is recorded as Blue Cliff Record[8].
  • Blue Cliff Record's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[9].
  • Blue Cliff Record's catalog code is recorded as 2003[10].
  • Blue Cliff Record's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ns62[11].
  • Blue Cliff Record's main subject is recorded as Chan Buddhism[12].
  • Blue Cliff Record's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄'}[13].
  • Blue Cliff Record's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007458501005171[14].
  • Blue Cliff Record's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 571540[15].

Body

Works and Contributions

Blue Cliff Record authored Yuanwu Keqin[3].

Why It Matters

Blue Cliff Record ranks in the top 7% of buddhist_text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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