
Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
Yoshida Kenkō · 1330
The second great zuihitsu text. 243 numbered fragments on impermanence, beauty, boredom, and the proper way to live. A Zen sensibility before Zen was a word Westerners used.
Essays · the Pro canon
The case for it, the case against, and the rest of the canon open with Pro.