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五家七宗

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five houses and seven schools

Senses:

  • A division in China of the Southern Chan school 禪宗. After bifurcating into the traditions associated with 神秀 Shenxiu and 慧能 Huineng respectively, the northern school continued as a unit, but the southern school branched five or seven. For the first five, called 五家 are the Weiyang 潙仰宗, Linji 臨濟宗, Caodong 曹洞宗, Yunmen 雲門宗, and Fayan 法眼宗. The two additional schools are Huanglong 黃龍派 and Yangqi 揚岐派. 〔圓悟錄 T 1997.47.786c28〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, JEBD, Yokoi, Soothill, Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 108

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 268

    Bulgyo sajeon 602a

    Chūgoku bukkyōshi jiten (Kamata) 108

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 337b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 266

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 83b/92

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 167

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 430

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 358c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1128

    Ding Fubao

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1166b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 523-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 117

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    Entry created: 2001-11-05

    Updated: 2019-03-11