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Qinshan Wensui

Qinshan Wensui — portrait unavailable

Guiyang

Qinshan Wensui

Dates uncertain

Lineage of Qinshan WensuiGuiyang school

Qinshan Wensui 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 · enQinshan Wensui
alias · enCh'in-shan Wên-sui
alias · enKinzan Bunsui

Teachers and lineage of Qinshan Wensui

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Teachings

  • sayingOriginal Nature

    (traditional attribution)

    Qinshan said: "Your original nature is like a clear mirror. It does not come into being when you polish it, nor does it cease to be when dust covers it. The mirror has never changed—why do you keep trying to improve it?"

    Qinshan Wensui

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Master Record Sources

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  • death datelow — based on hagiography or single popular source
  • schoolmedium — one authoritative source

5 supporting citations on record (see Sources above).

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