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© 2020 by David Hinton

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Hinton, David, 1954– author.

Title: China root: Taoism, Ch’an, and original Zen / David Hinton.

Description: First edition. | Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019056448 | Trade Paperback ISBN 9781611807134

eISBN 9780834843066

Subjects: LCSH: Zen Buddhism—China—Essence, genius, nature. | Zen Buddhism—Relations—Taoism. | Taoism—Relations—Zen Buddhism.

Classification: LCC BQ9262.9.C5 H72 2020 | DDC 294.3/9270951—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019056448

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