- Born
- 745 or 751
- Died
- 828 or 834
- Teacher
- Shitou Xiqian (transmission)
- Dharma heir
- Yunyan Tansheng
- School
- Caodong
Student of Shitou and teacher of Yunyan Tansheng.
Sources
- Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link
- Nianchang 念常 (comp.), Fozu lidai tongzai 佛祖歷代通載 (Comprehensive Record of the Buddhas and Patriarchs through the Ages) (1344), Taishō T.2036 · link
- Andy Ferguson, Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings (2011)
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