Chengtian Chuanzong

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Chengtian Chuanzong Yunmen school

Chengtian Chuanzong 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 · enChengtian Chuanzong

alias · enCh'eng-t'ien Ch'uan-tsung

alias · enJôten Denshû

Teachers and lineage of Chengtian Chuanzong

Teacher / root master:

Yunmen WenyanRoot teacher / master · 864 – 949

Full lineage of Chengtian Chuanzong →

Other masters in Yunmen

Yunmen Wenyan864 – 949
Xuedou Chongxian980 – 1052
Tianyi Yihuai993 – 1064
Jinhua Juzhi? – ?
Gaoan Dayu? – ?
Fengxian Daochen? – ?

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Chengtian Chuanzong
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Yunmen
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Chengtian Chuanzong
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Yunmen Wenyan
Reliability: editorial