Once again Thomas Cleary has delivered a masterpiece!! Hakuin and Tenkei comment on THE Zen text of the ages.All one-hundred cases are represented (many of them revised from Thomas Cleary's earlier translations with J.C Cleary in The Blue Cliff Record). Cleary also offers an in-depth overview of the history of this text, and its influence on Zen in Japan.With comments by two great Zen masters from opposites sides of the lineage chart (Hakuin from the Rinzai sect; Tenkei from the Soto sect). One is struck by the harmonious commentaries by two Masters representing sects that supposedly are diametrically opposed on their views and teachings of Zen Buddhism. Cleary once again finds the "Universal Elements" of Zen that transcend all schools and sects. An excellent guide to the most influential Zen Text of all time.