Yuelin Shiguan

Dates uncertain

Yuelin Shiguan 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 · enYuelin Shiguan

alias · enGatsurin Shikan

alias · enYüeh-lin Shih-kuan

Disciples of Yuelin Shiguan 1 named

Wumen Huikaiprimary · 1183 – 1260

Teachers and lineage of Yuelin Shiguan

Teacher / root master:

Wuzhun ShifanDISPUTED — Wave-3 agent panel: Yuelin Shiguan (1143–1217) predates Wuzhun Shifan (1178–1249); the edge direction is reversed. Yuelin's confirmed student was Wumen Huikai. · 1178 – 1249

Full lineage of Yuelin Shiguan →

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
Yuelin Shiguan
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Yuelin Shiguan
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Wuzhun Shifan
Reliability: editorial