The Zen Record

Xutang Zhiyu虚堂智愚

1185–1269LinjiAlso: Kidō Chigu
Born
1185
Died
1269
Dharma heir
Nanpo Jōmyō
School
Linji

Chinese Linji teacher of Nanpo Jōmyō, through whom the Japanese Ōtōkan line descends from him. The Rinzai head temples' joint history places Hakuin Ekaku in that line and counts every present Rinzai line as descending from Hakuin.

Related people

Nanpo Jōmyō南浦紹明
1235–1308Rinzai

Sources

  • Xutang Zhiyu; Miaoyuan 妙源 et al. (comp.), Xutang heshang yulu 虛堂和尚語錄, Taishō T.2000, fascicle 10 · link
  • Nanpo Jōmyō; 祖照 (comp.), Enzū Daiō kokushi goroku 圓通大應國師語錄, Taishō T.2548 · link
  • Rinnō Gōgisho 臨黄合議所 (Joint Council of the Rinzai and Ōbaku Schools), Rinzaishū no rekishi 臨済宗の歴史 (History of the Rinzai school), sections 中国から日本へ and 白隠慧鶴禅師 · link
  • National Diet Library, Japan, Web NDL Authorities: 智愚, 1185-1269, ndlna 00387507 · link
  • Heinrich Dumoulin, Zen Buddhism: A History, vol. 2: Japan (2005) · link

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