Dingzhou Shizang

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Dingzhou Shizang Qingyuan line school

Dingzhou Shizang (定州石藏, fl. early 9th c.) is named in the *Jǐngdé Chuándēng Lù* as a Dharma heir of Nanquan Puyuan and one of the secondary Mazu-line teachers active in the Dingzhou region of modern Hebei^[1]. The lamp records preserve a small body of his exchanges in the characteristic Hongzhou-line style of action-as-answer, though the surviving record places him in the lineage without preserving extensive biographical detail^[2].

Names

dharma · enDingzhou Shizang

alias · enJôshû Sekisô

alias · enTing-chou Shih-tsang

Teachers and lineage of Dingzhou Shizang

Teacher / root master:

Shishuang QingzhuDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: Dingzhou Shizang's recorded dates (714–800) place him a century before Shishuang Qingzhu (807–888). The transmission is chronologically impossible. · 807 – 888

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Other masters in Qingyuan line

Nanyue Daoxuan596 – 667
Shitou Xiqian700 – 790
Danxia Tianran738 – 824
Tianhuang Daowu748 – 807
Yaoshan Weiyan751 – 834
Daowu Yuanzhi769 – 835

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Dingzhou Shizang
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Qingyuan line
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
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Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Dingzhou Shizang
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shishuang Qingzhu
Reliability: editorial