Cuiyan Kezhen

Dates uncertain

Cuiyan Kezhen 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 · enCuiyan Kezhen

alias · enSuigan Kashin

alias · enTs'ui-yen K'o-chên

Disciples of Cuiyan Kezhen 1 named

Baoning Renyongdisputed · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Cuiyan Kezhen

Teacher / root master:

Shishuang ChuyuanRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Cuiyan Kezhen →

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
Cuiyan Kezhen
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Cuiyan Kezhen
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shishuang Chuyuan
Reliability: editorial