Kaifu Daoning

Dates uncertain

Kaifu Daoning is recorded in the historiography of the post-Daitō / Myōshin-ji Rinzai transmission lines 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 · enKaifu Daoning

alias · enK'ai-fu Tao-ning

alias · enKaifuku Dônei

Teachers and lineage of Kaifu Daoning

Teacher / root master:

Wuzu FayanRoot teacher / master · c. 1024 – c. 1104

Full lineage of Kaifu Daoning →

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
Kaifu Daoning
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Kaifu Daoning
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Wuzu Fayan
Reliability: editorial