六祖

Readings

Pinyin: liùzǔ

Wade-Giles: liu-tsu

Hangul: 육조

Korean MC: yukjo

Korean MR: yukcho

Katakana: ロクソ

Hepburn: rokuso

lục tổ

sixth patriarch

• The traditional sixth patriarch of the Chinese Chan school—Huineng 慧能. [resp. Charles Muller]
• The six patriarchs of the Chan (Zen) school 禪宗, who are said to have passed down robe and begging bowl in succession: Bodhidharma 達摩, Huike 慧可, Sengcan 僧璨, Daoxin 道信, Hongren 弘忍, and Huineng 慧能. 〔六祖壇經 T 2008.48.361c16〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]

Dictionary References:

Bulgyo sajeon, 686a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 1318c

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 547

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 18-P92, 18-P112

Fo Guang Dictionary, 1286

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1762-3-30*1835-1*1866-1-5

(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 136

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