Guizong Cezhen

Unknown – 979

Lineage of Guizong Cezhen Qingyuan line school

Guizong Cezhen (歸宗策真, d. 979) was an early Five-Dynasties / Northern-Song Fayan-house teacher in the line descending from Fayan Wenyi, abbot of Guizong-si on Mount Lu in modern Jiangxi^[1]. He is to be distinguished from the earlier and better-attested Guizong Zhichang of the mid-eighth century, a Mazu disciple at the same temple; lamp records and modern reconstructions both treat the two figures as separate, though they share the temple-name epithet^[2].

Names

dharma · enGuizong Cezhen

honorific · enHuichao

alias · enKisô Sakushin

alias · enKuei-tsung Ts'ê-Chên

Teachers and lineage of Guizong Cezhen

Teacher / root master:

Fayan WenyiRoot teacher / master · 885 – 958

Full lineage of Guizong Cezhen →

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

datesChart of the Chan Ancestors
d. 979
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nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Guizong Cezhen
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schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Qingyuan line
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koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
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nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Guizong Cezhen
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teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Fayan Wenyi
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