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Gao Xingjian
This work, a grand opera combining Chinese and Western operatic techniques, is based on the life of the legendary Huineng (AD 633-713), the Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism in Tang Dynasty China. It chronicles the rise and fall of Zen Buddhism across a span of 250 years.
88 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 30, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9789629960681 |
| Publishers | The Chinese University Press |
| Pages | 88 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 235 × 13 mm · 378 g |
| Translator | Fong, Gilbert C. F. |
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