Nanyue Daoxuan

596 – 667

Lineage of Nanyue Daoxuan Qingyuan line school

Nanyue Daoxuan (南嶽道宣, fl. mid-9th c.) is recorded in the *Jǐngdé Chuándēng Lù* as a Chan teacher of the Nanyue / Shitou region in modern Hunan — distinct from the much earlier Tang Vinaya master Daoxuan (596–667) who founded the Nanshan Vinaya school^[1]. Beyond his placement among the second- or third-generation Shitou-line teachers, the surviving record preserves little of his individual story; he is one of the many figures who anchored the regional Chan network that radiated outward from Mount Nanyue through the late Tang^[2].

Names

dharma · enNanyue Daoxuan

Disciples of Nanyue Daoxuan 1 named

Danyuan Yingzhendisputed · Dates uncertain

Teachers and lineage of Nanyue Daoxuan

Teacher / root master:

Shitou XiqianDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: 'Nanyue Daoxuan' does not exist in any Chan reference as a disciple of Shitou Xiqian. Shitou's main heirs were Yaoshan Weiyan, Danxia Tianran, and Tianhuang Daowu. The name is likely a conflation of Shitou's geographic location (Mt. Nanyue) with a personal name. · 700 – 790

Full lineage of Nanyue Daoxuan →

Other masters in Qingyuan line

Shitou Xiqian700 – 790
Danxia Tianran738 – 824
Tianhuang Daowu748 – 807
Yaoshan Weiyan751 – 834
Daowu Yuanzhi769 – 835
Yunyan Tansheng780 – 841

Master Record Sources

datesZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
596-667
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nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Nanyue Daoxuan
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teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Shitou Xiqian
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