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Hui-kuo
(Buddhist master)
:

see
K
KAI
.

 
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Hui-neng
or Wei-lang (Jap., E'n
;

638–713).
Sixth patriarch of Ch'an/Zen in China, and dharma-successor (
hassu
) of
Hung-jen
. With his name is associated both a new orientation of Ch'an/Zen, and the only Chinese work to be accorded the status of a
s
tra
, the
Platform S
tra
(see
LIU-TSU-TA-SHIH FA-PAO-T'AN-CH'ING
). But much is legendary, and the autobiographical part of the
Platform S
tra
(2–11) summarizes the traditions as they had accumulated in the 8th cent. After the schism between the Northern and the
Southern schools
, with the N. emphasizing gradual progress, especially through attention to scriptures (
zengy
), and the S. emphasizing sudden enlightenment (
tongy
), Hui-neng is represented in art tearing up the S
tras.

 
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