Heshan Wuyin

Dates uncertain

Heshan Wuyin 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 · enHeshan Wuyin

alias · enHo-shan Wu-yin

alias · enKasan Muin

Teachers and lineage of Heshan Wuyin

Teacher / root master:

Jiufeng DaoqianRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

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Teachings

dialogueBeating the Drum
(traditional attribution)
A monk asked Heshan, "How can one hear the soundless teaching?" Heshan said, "When the wooden man beats the drum at midnight, the stone woman gets up and dances."
Heshan Wuyin

Other masters in Yunmen

Yunmen Wenyan864 – 949
Xuedou Chongxian980 – 1052
Tianyi Yihuai993 – 1064
Jinhua Juzhi? – ?
Gaoan Dayu? – ?
Fengxian Daochen? – ?

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Heshan Wuyin
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Yunmen
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
44
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Heshan Wuyin
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Jiufeng Daoqian
Reliability: editorial