Licun

Dates uncertain

Licun 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 · enLicun

Teachers and lineage of Licun

Teacher / root master:

Linji YixuanRoot teacher / master · Unknown – 866

Full lineage of Licun →

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
Licun
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
teachersChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji Yixuan (A11)
Reliability: scholarly