Did Dogen Go to China?

Dogen (1200-1253) was the founder of Soto Zen Buddhism in Japan, and as such one of the most notable figures in Japanese religious history. In this book, Steven Heine attempts to clarify how and when Dogen 's various works were composed and compiled in relation to the unfolding of Dogen'scareer. This book, in addition to presenting Heine's own innovative interpretation of Dogen's life and work, performs a valuable service by bringing cutting edge Japanese scholarship on Dogen to the attention of Western scholars of Buddhism.