Cuiyan Lingcan

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Cuiyan Lingcan Caodong school

Cuiyan Lingcan 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 Lingcan

alias · enSuigan Reisan

alias · enTs'ui-yen Ling-ts'an

Teachers and lineage of Cuiyan Lingcan

Teacher / root master:

Xuefeng YicunRoot teacher / master · 822 – 908

Full lineage of Cuiyan Lingcan →

Other masters in Caodong

Caoshan Benji840 – 901
Changlu Qingliao1089 – 1151
Hongzhi Zhengjue1091 – 1157
Tiantong Rujing1163 – 1228
Dagui Muzhe? – ?
Liangshan Yuanguan? – ?

Master Record Sources

datesChart of the Chan Ancestors
n.d.
Reliability: scholarly
nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Cuiyan Lingcan
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Caodong
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
8 71
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Cuiyan Lingcan
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Xuefeng Yicun
Reliability: editorial