Baoen Xuanze

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Baoen Xuanze Nanyue line school

Baoen Xuanze 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 · enBaoen Xuanze

alias · enHôon Gensoku

alias · enPao-ên Hsüan-tsê

Teachers and lineage of Baoen Xuanze

Teachers / root masters:

Fayan WenyiBaoen Xuanze was a dharma heir of Fayan Wenyi, founder of the Fayan school. The famous 'fire boy' enlightenment exchange is with Fayan. Per Terebess, WWZC, Encyclopedia of Buddhism. · 885 – 958
Yunmen WenyanDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: Baoen Xuanze was a Fayan-school heir; his enlightenment dialogue ('the fire boy comes seeking fire') is with Fayan Wenyi, not Yunmen Wenyan. · 864 – 949

Full lineage of Baoen Xuanze →

Other masters in Nanyue line

Nanyue Huairang677 – 744
Xitang Zhizang735 – 814
Nanquan Puyuan748 – 835
Yanguan Qian750 – 842
Zhaozhou Congshen778 – 897
Jingqing Daofu868 – 937

Master Record Sources

datesChart of the Chan Ancestors
n.d.
Reliability: scholarly
nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Baoen Xuanze
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Nanyue line
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Baoen Xuanze
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Yunmen Wenyan
Reliability: editorial