Qinglin Shiqian

Unknown – 904

Lineage of Qinglin Shiqian Nanyue line school

Qinglin Shiqian is recorded in the historiography of the modern Zen 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 · enQinglin Shiqian

alias · enCh'ing-lin Shih-ch'ien

alias · enSeirin Shiken

Teachers and lineage of Qinglin Shiqian

Teachers / root masters:

Dongshan LiangjieQinglin Shiqian was a dharma heir of Dongshan Liangjie, founder of the Caodong school. Per Terebess, Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Wikipedia. · 807 – 869
Zhaozhou CongshenDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: Qinglin Shiqian was a Caodong heir of Dongshan Liangjie, not a heir of Zhaozhou Congshen (whose lineage died out quickly). Zhaozhou's own Wikipedia article notes he had no surviving direct heir. · 778 – 897

Full lineage of Qinglin Shiqian →

Other masters in Nanyue line

Nanyue Huairang677 – 744
Xitang Zhizang735 – 814
Nanquan Puyuan748 – 835
Yanguan Qian750 – 842
Zhaozhou Congshen778 – 897
Jingqing Daofu868 – 937

Master Record Sources

datesChart of the Chan Ancestors
d. 904
Reliability: scholarly
nameChart of the Chan Ancestors
Qinglin Shiqian
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Nanyue line
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
59
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Qinglin Shiqian
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Zhaozhou Congshen
Reliability: editorial