Deshan Yuanmi

Dates uncertain

Deshan Yuanmi 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 · enDeshan Yuanmi

honorific · enYuanming

alias · enTê-shan Yüan-mi

alias · enTokusan Emmitsu

Teachers and lineage of Deshan Yuanmi

Teacher / root master:

Dongshan ShouchuDISPUTED — Wave-5: Deshan Yuanmi and Dongshan Shouchu were both dharma heirs of Yunmen Wenyan — dharma siblings, not teacher-student. Per Zen Apocrypha, Terebess, Wikipedia. · 910 – 990

Full lineage of Deshan Yuanmi →

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
Deshan Yuanmi
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Caodong
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
46 96
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Deshan Yuanmi
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Dongshan Shouchu
Reliability: editorial