Books by Hong Yingming

Hong Yingming (Hong Zicheng) was a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) writer and philosopher of whom very little is known. Modern research suggests he may have been a native of Chengdu, China.

Professor Wu Yansheng holds doctorates in literature and philosophy, and is currently Director of the Institute of Buddhist Studies and Supervisor of Doctoral Candidates at Shaanxi Normal University. His publications include the Zen trilogy: The Origins of Zen Thought, Philosophical Symbols of the Zen School and The Realm of Poetry and Verse in the Zen School and more than a dozen other works. He is the founder of the website "Buddhist Research" (www.wuys.com), editor-in-chief of Chinese Zen Studies, and set up the academic forum on "Compassionate Buddhist Culture." In recent years he has been visiting professor of Zen Buddhist Wisdom at Peking University, Tsinghua University and other academic institutions, as well as being an extremely popular speaker at Zen forums throughout China.

Dr. Ding Liangyan has studied the literature of Buddhism with Professor Wu and has published a number of works, including Literature and the Philosophy of the Pure Land Sect.

Award-winning translator Tony Blishen is a former British diplomat. He studied Chinese and Japanese at London's School of Oriental and African Studies and at Deng Zhi'ang College of Chinese in Hong Kong. He served as British Consul in Beijing from 1965-1967, and later as Counsellor of the British Embassy in Tokyo. His translations include everything from modern fiction and children's books to Zen poetry and classic literature.