About Shinji Shōbōgenzō

The Shinji Shōbōgenzō (真字正法眼蔵) or True Dharma Eye 300 Cases, or Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, compiled by Eihei Dōgen in 1223–1227, was first published in Japanese in 1766. The literary sources of the Shinji Shōbōgenzō are believed to have been the Keitoku Dentōroku and the Shūmon Tōyōshū. It is written in Chinese, the language of the original texts from which the kōans were taken.