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汾陽善昭

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Basic Meaning: Fenyang Shanzhao

Senses:

  • (947–1024) Teacher of Ciming Quyuan, and thus ancestor of all surviving Linji 臨濟 lineages, Fenyang was the first master to add verse commentaries to the old stories or gong'ans 公案. A student of the Caodong 曹洞 lineage before receiving the Linji transmission from his teacher Shoushan Xingnian 首山省念, Fenyang introduced the Caodong five ranks teaching into the Linji tradition. More in the Foguang Dictionary under the heading 善昭. [Dan Leighton]
  • 〔佛祖歷代通載 T 2036.49.482a23〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 304

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 133

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 158, 355, 360, 362

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 582

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    Entry created: 2001-11-03

    Updated: 2020-05-01