Guizong Zhichang

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Guizong Zhichang Nanyue line school

Guizong Zhichang is recorded in the historiography of the medieval / early-modern Japanese Sōtō branch-temple 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 · enGuizong Zhichang

alias · enKisu Chijô

alias · enKuei-tsung Chih-ch'ang

Teachers and lineage of Guizong Zhichang

Teacher / root master:

Mazu DaoyiRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Guizong Zhichang →

Other masters in Nanyue line

Nanyue Huairang677 – 744
Xitang Zhizang735 – 814
Nanquan Puyuan748 – 835
Yanguan Qian750 – 842
Zhaozhou Congshen778 – 897
Jingqing Daofu868 – 937

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Guizong Zhichang
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Caodong
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
69
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Guizong Zhichang
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Mazu Daoyi
Reliability: editorial