Niutou Farong

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Niutou Farong Early Chan school

Niutou Farong 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 · enNiutou Farong

alias · enGozu Hôyû

alias · enNiu-t'ou Fa-jung

Teachers and lineage of Niutou Farong

Teacher / root master:

Dayi DaoxinRoot teacher / master · 580 – 651

Full lineage of Niutou Farong →

Other masters in Early Chan

Dazu Huike487 – 593
Mahasattva Fu497 – 569
Dayi Daoxin580 – 651
Daman Hongren602 – 675
Yuquan Shenxiu606 – 706
Zizhou Zhishen609 – 702

Master Record Sources

nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Niutou Farong
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Other
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Niutou Farong
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Dayi Daoxin
Reliability: editorial