Xiyuan Siming

Dates uncertain

Xiyuan Siming 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 · enXiyuan Siming

alias · enHsi-yüan Ssü-ming

alias · enSaiin Shimyô

Teachers and lineage of Xiyuan Siming

Teacher / root master:

Baoshou YanzhaoRoot teacher / master · Dates uncertain

Full lineage of Xiyuan Siming →

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
Xiyuan Siming
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
koan_refsChart of the Chan Ancestors
98
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Xiyuan Siming
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Baoshou Yanzhao
Reliability: editorial