Commentary on the Song of Awakening: A Twentieth Century Japanese Zen Master's Commentary on the Seventh Century Poem by the Chinese Ch'an Master YungThe Song of Awakening (chin. Cheng tao ke, jap. Shdka), is a seminal text within early Chinese Chan (jap. Zen). Written in the seventh century by the Chinese master Yung chia Hs an ch eh (Jap. Yka Genkaku, known familiarly as Yka Daishi), this superb poem resonates with Yka Daishi's great awakening to the truth of reality. As such, it has had a deep influence on the understanding and practice of a long line of Chinese and Japanese Zen masters and