Yunan Kewen

Dates uncertain

Yunan Kewen 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 · enYunan Kewen

alias · enUn'an Kokubun

alias · enYün-an K’o-wên

Teachers and lineage of Yunan Kewen

Teacher / root master:

Huanglong HuinanRoot teacher / master · 1002 – 1069

Full lineage of Yunan Kewen →

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
Yunan Kewen
Reliability: scholarly
schoolChart of the Chan Ancestors
Linji
Reliability: scholarly
nameZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Yunan Kewen
Reliability: editorial
teachersZen Editorial Overlay - Originals Curation
Huanglong Huinan
Reliability: editorial