Fenyang Shanzhao

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Fenyang Shanzhao Linji school

Fenyang Shanzhao 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 · enFenyang Shanzhao

alias · enFên-yang Shan-chao

alias · enFun'yô Zenshô

Disciples of Fenyang Shanzhao 1 named

Shishuang Chuyuanprimary · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Fenyang Shanzhao

Teacher / root master:

Shoushan XingnianRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Fenyang Shanzhao →

Teachings

proverbThree Statements of Fenyang
(traditional attribution)
When the host is the host, the guest is the guest. When the host is the guest, the guest is the host. When neither is host nor guest, dinner has begun.
tr. Zen Lineage editorial
Fenyang Shanzhao

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
Fenyang Shanzhao
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Fenyang Shanzhao
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shoushan Xingnian
Reliability: editorial