Baizhang Niepan

Dates uncertain

Baizhang Niepan is recorded in the historiography of the late-Tang / Song-period Chan transmission network as a transmission figure in its lineage. The surviving record preserves his place in the line; little distinctive doctrinal material from his teaching is preserved in modern scholarship^[1].

Names

dharma · enBaizhang Niepan

alias · enHyakujô Nehan

alias · enPai-chang Nieh-p'an

Teachers and lineage of Baizhang Niepan

Teacher / root master:

Linji YixuanDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: Baizhang Niepan (died ~828 CE) predates Linji Yixuan (died 866 CE) and was a student of Baizhang Huaihai, a generation earlier. The transmission as coded is chronologically impossible. · Unknown – 866

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Teachings

proverbNirvana, a Name
(traditional attribution)
Nirvana is a name. Do not put on the name as a robe. Sit in the body that wears no name, and you will find what the word was pointing to.
tr. Zen Lineage editorial
Baizhang Niepan

Other masters in Linji

Muzhou Daoming780 – 877
Xinghua Cunjiang830 – 888
Huanglong Huinan1002 – 1069
Wuzu Fayan1024 – 1104
Zhenjing Kewen1025 – 1102
Yuanwu Keqin1063 – 1135

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Baizhang Niepan
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Baizhang Niepan
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Linji Yixuan
Reliability: editorial