Once we take up the writings of Ch'an (Zen in Japanese) we will be
conscious of having entered another world different from any other.
The Foundling is the story of the legendary masters and
semi-recluses named Feng Kan, Han Shan, and Shih Te who lived their
lives outside the rules of mainstream Buddhist conventions and
achieved a higher level of enlightened perception. Their historical
authenticity is uncertain. What we actually know about these famous
figures in paradoxical Ch'an tradition comes from their more than
three hundred poems, the complete set of which has for the first
time been translated into Western language.
Although they did repeatedly talk what seemed to be nonsense,
this practice of entry into the world of absurdity was not
nonsensical at all. Moreover, their "madness" was highly praised
through centuries not only in China but in Japan, Korea, and in the
other Asian countries. Why is this so? For anyone interested in
throwing a clearer light on the mysteries of Ch'an studies, as well
as to find out what actually was behind the exterior clumsiness and
buffoonery of Ch'an masters, The Foundling ought to be made
compulsory reading.
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