The Zen Record

Touzi Yiqing投子義青

1032–1082 or 1083Caodong
Born
1032
Died
1082 or 1083
Teacher
Dayang Jingxuan (transmission, by proxy, via Fushan Fayuan)disputed
Dharma heir
Furong Daokai
School
Caodong

Received the Caodong line from Fushan Fayuan on behalf of Dayang Jingxuan, whom he never met. The Caodong line, and so Sōtō, continues through him.

Related people

Dayang Jingxuan大陽警玄
943–1027Caodong
Furong Daokai芙蓉道楷
1043–1118Caodong

Sources

  • Foguo Weibai 佛國惟白 (comp.), Jianzhong jingguo xudeng lu 建中靖國續燈錄 (1101), Zokuzōkyō X.1556 · link
  • Juefan Huihong 覺範惠洪, Chanlin sengbao zhuan 禪林僧寶傳 (Biographies of the Sangha Treasure in the Chan Groves) (1124), Zokuzōkyō X.1560 · link
  • Keizan Jōkin, Denkōroku 伝光録 (c. 1300), Taishō T.2585 · link
  • Andy Ferguson, Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings (2011)

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