Fengxue Yanzhao
Fengxue Yanzhao
Dates uncertain
Fengxue Yanzhao 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].
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Disciples of Fengxue Yanzhao
Teachers and lineage of Fengxue Yanzhao
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Teachings
A monk asked Fuketsu: "Without speaking, without silence, how can you express the truth?" Fuketsu observed: "I always remember springtime in southern China. The birds sing among innumerable kinds of fragrant flowers." Mumon’s comment: Fuketsu used to have lightning Zen. Whenever he had the opportunity, he flashed it. But this time he failed to do so and only borrowed from an old Chinese poem. Never mind Fuketsu's Zen. If you want to express the truth, throw out your words, throw out your silence, and tell me about your own Zen. Without revealing his own penetration, He offered another's words, not his to give. Had he chattered on and on, Even his listeners would have been embarrassed.
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Master Record Sources
Fengxue Yanzhao
Linji
- koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
38, 61 29,34 24 32,38 54,59
- nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Fengxue Yanzhao
- teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Nanyuan Huiyong