Buddhism Dictionary:
Yüan-wu K'o-ch'in
(1063-1135)
A Chinese Ch'an monk known mainly as the editor of the Blue Cliff Records (Chinese, Pi-yen lu; Jap., Hekigan-roku), a collection of kōans first compiled by Hsüeh-tou Ch'ung-hsien (980-1052). Hsüeh-tou had compiled the 100 cases comprising the work and added his own verse to them, while Yüan-wu added an introduction and commentaries to the case and Hsüeh-tou's verse to each case.
