The Zen Record
Dōgen Kigen道元希玄
1200–1253Caodong · Sōtōstudent of Tiantong Rujingstudied with Butsuju Myōzen

Japanese monk who brought the Caodong line of Chan from Song China to Japan, where it became the Sōtō school. Author of the Shōbōgenzō.

Open full entryReceived transmission from Tiantong Rujing.
Before Tang–618
Tang China618–907
Song · Kamakura960–1333
Edo Japan1600–1868
Modern1868–
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Selected lines only; most branches are collapsed. Each line shows dharma transmission as recorded by its own school. Chinese names in Pinyin, Japanese in Hepburn.