The Zen Record

Ancestors

People of the tradition who have died, from Bodhidharma to the twentieth century, grouped by the line they are counted in.

Chan ancestors in China Chan

Dazu Huike大祖慧可
487–593Chanstudent of Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma菩提達磨
d. 6th centuryChan
Dayi Daoxin大醫道信
580–651Chanstudent of Jianzhi Sengcan
Daman Hongren大滿弘忍
601 or 602–674 or 675Chanstudent of Dayi Daoxin
Jianzhi Sengcan鑑智僧璨
d. 606Chanstudent of Dazu Huike
Huineng惠能
638–713Chanstudent of Daman Hongren
Nanquan Puyuan南泉普願
748–835Chanstudent of Mazu Daoyi
Zhaozhou Congshen趙州從諗
778–897Chanstudent of Nanquan Puyuan
Deshan Xuanjian德山宣鑑
780 or 782–865Chan

Caodong Caodong · Sōtō

Liangshan Yuanguan梁山緣觀
Caodongstudent of Tongan Guanzhi
Tongan Daopi同安道丕
Caodongstudent of Yunju Daoying
Tongan Guanzhi同安觀志
Caodongstudent of Tongan Daopi
Shitou Xiqian石頭希遷
700–790Caodongstudent of Qingyuan Xingsi
Qingyuan Xingsi青原行思
d. 740Caodongstudent of Huineng
Yaoshan Weiyan藥山惟儼
745 or 751–828 or 834Caodongstudent of Shitou Xiqian
Yunyan Tansheng雲巖曇晟
c. 782–829 or 841Caodongstudent of Yaoshan Weiyan
Dongshan Liangjie洞山良价
807–869Caodongstudent of Yunyan Tansheng
Caoshan Benji曹山本寂
840–901 or 903Caodongstudent of Dongshan Liangjie
Yunju Daoying雲居道膺
d. 902Caodongstudent of Dongshan Liangjie
Dayang Jingxuan大陽警玄
943–1027Caodongstudent of Liangshan Yuanguan
Touzi Yiqing投子義青
1032–1082 or 1083Caodongstudent of Dayang Jingxuan
Furong Daokai芙蓉道楷
1043–1118Caodongstudent of Touzi Yiqing
Danxia Zichun丹霞子淳
1064–1117 or 1119Caodongstudent of Furong Daokai
Zhenxie Qingliao真歇清了
1088–1151Caodongstudent of Danxia Zichun
Tiantong Zongjue天童宗珏
1091–1162 or 1168Caodongstudent of Zhenxie Qingliao
Xuedou Zhijian雪竇智鑑
1105–1192Caodongstudent of Tiantong Zongjue
Tiantong Rujing天童如淨
1163–1228Caodongstudent of Xuedou Zhijian

Linji Linji · Rinzai

Nanyue Huairang南嶽懷讓
677–744Linjistudent of Huineng
Mazu Daoyi馬祖道一
709–788Linjistudent of Nanyue Huairang
Baizhang Huaihai百丈懷海
720–814Linjistudent of Mazu Daoyi
Huangbo Xiyun黃檗希運
d. between 847 and 860Linjistudent of Baizhang Huaihai
Linji Yixuan臨濟義玄
d. 866 or 867Linjistudent of Huangbo Xiyun
Guanxi Zhixian灌溪志閑
d. 895Linjistudent of Linji Yixuan
Fushan Fayuan浮山法遠
991–1067Linji
Xutang Zhiyu虚堂智愚
1185–1269Linji

Sōtō Caodong · Sōtō

Koun Ejō孤雲懐奘
1198–1280Sōtōstudent of Dōgen Kigen
Dōgen Kigen道元希玄
1200–1253Sōtōstudent of Tiantong Rujing
Tettsū Gikai徹通義介
1219–1309Sōtōstudent of Koun Ejō
Keizan Jōkin瑩山紹瑾
1264 or 1268–1325Sōtōstudent of Tettsū Gikai
Gasan Jōseki峨山韶碩
1276–1366Sōtōstudent of Keizan Jōkin
Meihō Sotetsu明峰素哲
1277–1350Sōtōstudent of Keizan Jōkin
Harada Daiun Sogaku原田祖岳
1871–1961Sōtō
Shunryu Suzuki鈴木俊隆
1904–1971Sōtō
Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi前角博雄
1931–1995Sōtō

Rinzai Linji · Rinzai

Myōan Eisai明菴栄西
1141–1215Rinzai
Butsuju Myōzen仏樹明全
1184–1225Rinzaistudent of Myōan Eisai
Nanpo Jōmyō南浦紹明
1235–1308Rinzaistudent of Xutang Zhiyu
Kanzan Egen関山慧玄
1277–1360Rinzaistudent of Shūhō Myōchō
Shūhō Myōchō宗峰妙超
1282–1337Rinzaistudent of Nanpo Jōmyō
Dōkyō Etan道鏡慧端
1642–1721Rinzai
Hakuin Ekaku白隠慧鶴
1686–1769Rinzaistudent of Dōkyō Etan
Gasan Jitō峨山慈棹
1727–1797Rinzaistudent of Hakuin Ekaku
Inzan Ien隠山惟琰
1751 or 1753–1814 or 1816Rinzaistudent of Gasan Jitō
Takujū Kosen卓洲胡僊
1760–1833Rinzaistudent of Gasan Jitō

Sanbō Zen and its offshoots Sanbō Zen

Yasutani Hakuun安谷白雲
1885–1973Sanbō Zenstudent of Harada Daiun Sogaku
Yamada Kōun山田耕雲
1907–1989Sanbō Zenstudent of Yasutani Hakuun
Philip Kapleau
1912–2004Sanbō Zen
Robert Aitken
1917–2010Sanbō Zen