Ancestors / Caodong / Tongan Daopi Teacher Yunju Daoying (transmission) Dharma heir Tongan Guanzhi School Caodong Student of Yunju Daoying. The Song records call him Tongan Pi and give his exchanges with monks but no birthplace, family or dates; the fuller name Daopi is from later sources.
Sources Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link Huiyan Zhizhao 晦巖智昭 (comp.), Rentian yanmu 人天眼目 (Eyes of Humans and Gods) (1188), Taishō T.2006 · link Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300), Taishō T.2585 · link Checked against sources 2026-11-03 by pipeline/opus@ae77681. Report an error .
Lineage Tongan Daopi’s line from Huineng, abbreviated, as recorded by the school. Dashed links are traditional, disputed or by proxy.
+4 Shitou Xiqian to Dongshan Liangjie omitted
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