In the second part of the paper, the newly initiated Chan Database Project is introduced and collaborative methods of dealing with Chán literature are discussed. The approaches are exemplified by an experimental mark-up of the Dūnhuáng versions of the Platform Sūtra. The authors discuss paleographic and textual features of the manuscripts and investigate several possibilities of TEI-compatible mark-up concerning the collation, translation, annotation, and semantic and syntactic analysis of this type of manuscript literature, in addition to methods of transformations into visual media. The Dūnhuáng corpus of Chán (Zen) manuscripts is the most important source for the study of the early history of this Chinese Buddhist school. This paper deals with several questions and problems related to the editing, digitization and analysis of Buddhist Dūnhuáng texts.
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