Zhimen Guangzuo

Zhimen Guangzuo was a Guiyang school master who taught at Zhimen Temple. He is recorded in the lamp literature as a teacher who employed the Guiyang school's characteristic methods—the use of circular figures, symbolic gestures, and indirect pointing—to guide students toward awakening. His dialogues demonstrate the school's distinctive approach to the teacher-student encounter.

Zhimen's teaching represents the Guiyang school in its mature form, when its methods had been refined through several generations of practice. The school's emphasis on the non-verbal and symbolic dimensions of awakening complemented the more verbally direct approaches of other Chan schools, contributing to the rich diversity of methods available within the broader tradition.