Read Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings Online
Authors: Andy Ferguson
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Ma Tianxiang.
Zhongguo Chanzong Sixiang Fazhan Shi (History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought).
Changsha: Hunan Educational Publishing House, 1997.
Puji.
Wudeng Huiyuan (Compendium of Five Lamps).
Translated into modern Chinese by Jiang Zongfu, Li Haixia, and others. Zhongqing: Xinan Normal University Publishing House, 1997.
Wei Daoru.
Songdai Chanzong Wenhua (Song Dynasty Chan Culture).
Dengzhou: Chongzhou Classics Publishing House, 1993.
Weichi Zhiping.
Baihua Qiannian Zhongguo Gaoseng Zhuan (A Thousand Years of Eminent Monks’ Biographies in Modern Vernacular Chinese)
. Wuhan: Huazhong Science and Technology University Publishing House, 1994.
Wu Limin, Yu Sunming, et al.
Chanzong Zongpai Yuanliu (Origins of the Chan Schools).
Beijing: China Social Science Publishing House, 1998.
Yang Cengwen.
Shenhui Heshang Chanhualu (Record of Zen Discourses by the Monk Shenhui).
Beijing: China Publishing House, 1996.
Yang, Huinan.
Ch’an Shih Yu Ch’an Ssu (Chan History and Thought).
Taipei: Great East Book Company, 1996.
Yin Hsün.
Chung-kuo Ch’an-tsung Shih, Ts’ung Yin-tu Ch’an dao Chung-hua Ch’an (Chinese Chan History, from Indian Chan to Chinese Chan).
Taipei: Cheng Wen Publishing House, 1972.
Yin Hsün.
Fo-chiao Chih Ch’i-yuan Yu Kaizhan (Buddhism’s Sources and Development).
Taipei: Cheng Wen Publishing House, 1982.
Yuan Bing, ed.
Chanzong Yuyan He Wenxian (Chan Language and Documents)
. Nanchang: Jiangxi People’s Publishing House, 1995.
———.
Chanyu Yizhu (Translated and Annotated Chan Discourses).
Beijing: Language Publishing House, 1999.
Yuan Bing.
Zhongguo Chanzong Yulu Daguan (Survey of the Recorded Discourses of Chinese Chan).
Nanchang: Baihuazhou Wenyi Publishing House, 1994.
PREMODERN TEXTS IN CHINESE
Bodhidharma.
Luebian Dacheng Rudao Sixing Guan (Four Practices for Entering the Way of the Mahayana)
. Recorded by his disciple Tan Lin. Reprinted in
Chanzong Baodian.
Zhaoxian: Hebei Chan Research Institute, 1993.
Ching Chu, comp.
Wudeng Huiyuan Xulue (Continued and Abridged Compendium of Five Lamps).
Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1978.
Chun Er and Ching, comp.
Tsu T’ang Chi (Ancestral Hall Collection).
Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1988.
Dao Xuan.
Xu Gao Seng Zhuan (Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks). Taisho
, vol. 50, no. 2060.
Hui Hong, comp.
Chan Lin Seng Bao Zhuan (Treasured Biographies of Chan Monks).
Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1974.
Hui Jiao,
Gao Seng Zhuan (Biographies of Eminent Monks). Taisho
, vol. 50, no. 2059.
Huineng.
Tan Jing (Platform Classic).
Recorded by his disciple Fahai. Re-printed in
Chanzong Baodian.
Zhaoxian: Hebei Chan Research Institute, 1992.
Huiran, comp.
Zhenzhou Linji Huizhao Chanshi Yulu (Record of Zen Master Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou). Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1985.
Jingjue,
Record of the Lankavatara Masters
,
Taisho
, vol. 85, no. 2837.
Nian Chang, comp.
Fo-tsu Li-tai T’ung-tsai (Extensive Historic Record of the Buddha Ancestors)
. Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1974.
Sengcan. “Xin Xin Ming
”
(Inscription on “Faith in Mind
”
)
.
Reprinted in
Chanzong Baodian.
Zhaoxian: Hebei Chan Research Institute, 1993.
Shaolong et al., comp.
Yuanwu Foguo Chanshi Yulu Xu (The Collection of Records of Zen Master Yuanwu Foguo)
.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1997.
Suwen, comp.
Rujing Heshang Yulu (The Record of the Monk Rujing). Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2002.
Ta-ch’uan Ling-yin P’u Chi, comp.
Wu-Teng Hui-yuan (Compendium of Five Lamps).
Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1990.
Tao Yuan, comp.
Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp of the Jingde Era)
. Reprint, Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1994.
Wansong.
Congrong An Lu (Book of Serenity). Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2004.
Wumen Huikai.
Wumen Guan (Gateless Gate). Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2005.
Yuan-chi Chu-ting.
Hsü Ch’uan Teng Lu (Continuation of the Transmission of the Lamp). Wan Hsü Tsang Ching
vol. 142. Taipei: Hsin Wen Fêng Publishing Company, 1995.
Yuanwu Keqin.
Biyan Lu (Blue Cliff Record). Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2003.
Yufeng and others, comp.
Jingling Qingliang Yuan Wenyi Chanshi Yulu (The Record of Zen Master Wenyi of Qingliang Monastery in Jinling). Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1991.
Zhi Zhao.
Rentian Yanmu (The Celestial Eye of Humanity). Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2006.
RECORDS OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS
Fayan Wenyi.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1991, p. 588.
Fenyang Wude.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1992, p. 594.
Hongzhi Zhengjue.
Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2001, p. 1.
Huanglong Huinan.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1993, p. 629.
Linji Huizhao of Zhenzhou.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1985, p. 495.
Tiantong Rujing.
Taisho
, vol. 48, no. 2002, p. 121.
Wuzu Fayan.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1995, p. 649.
Xuansha Shibei.
Wanxu Zangjing,
vol. 126, p. 407.
Xuedou Chongxian (Mingjue).
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1996, p. 669.
Yangqi Fanghui.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1994, p. 640.
Yuanwu Foguo.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1997, p. 713.
Yunmen Wenyan.
Taisho
, vol. 47, no. 1988, p. 544.
Romanization Tables
The following tables list names of the Zen ancestors in alphabetical order in each of three common romanization systems. Names are presented in pinyin, Wade-Giles, and Japanese romaji.
PINYIN—WADE-GILES—ROMAJI
PINYIN (Chinese) | WADE-GILES (Chinese) | ROMAJI (Japanese) |
---|---|---|
Baiyun Shouduan | Pai-yün Shou-tuan | Hakuun Shutan |
Baizhang Huaihai | Pai-chang Huai-hai | Hyakujō Ekai |
Baizhang Niepan | Pai-chang Nieh-p’an | Hyakujō Nehan |
Bajiao Huiqing | Pa-chiao Hui-ch’ing | Bashō Esei |
Baling Haojian | Pa-ling Hao-chien | Haryō Kōkan |
Baoci Xingyan | Pao-ts’u Hsing-yen | Hōji Gyōgon |
Bao’en Xuanze | Pao-ên Hsüan-tsê | Hōon Gensoku |
Baofeng Weizhao | Pao-fêng Wei-chao | Hōhō Ishō |
Baofu Congzhan | Pao-fu Ts’ung-chan | Hofuku Jūten |
Baoning Renyong | Pao-ning Jên-yung | Honei Ninyū |
Baoshou Yanzhao | Pao-shou Yen-chao | Hōju Enshō |
Caoshan Benji | Ts’ao-shan Pen-chi | Sōzan Honjaku |
Caoxi ( see Dajian Huineng) | ||
Changqing Da’an ( see Guishan Da’an) | ||
Changqing Huileng | Ch’ang-ch’ing Hui-lêng | Chōkei Eryō |
Changsha Jingcen | Ch’ang-sha Ching-ts’ên | Chōsha Keishin |
Changshui Zixuan | Ch’ang-shui Tzu-hsuan | Chōsui Shisen |
Chanti Weizhao ( see Baofeng Weizhao) | ||
Chengtian Chuanzong | Ch’eng-t’ien Ch’uan-tsung | Jōten Denshū |
Chongshou Qichou | Ch’ung-shou Ch’i-ch’ou | Sūju Keichū |
Chuanzi Decheng | Ch’uan-tzü Tê-ch’êng | Sensu Tokujō |
Cizhou Faru | Ts’ü-chou Fa-ju | Jishū Hōnyo |
Cuiwei Wuxue | Ts’ui-wei Wu-hsüeh | Suibi Mugaku |
Cuiyan Kezhen | Ts’ui-yen K’o-chên | Suigan Kashin |
Cuiyan Lingcan | Ts’ui-yen Ling-ts’an | Suigan Reisan |
Cuiyan Shouzhi ( see Dayu Shouzhi) | ||
Daguang Juhui | Ta-kuang Chü-hui | Daikō Kokai |
Dagui Muche | Ta-kuei Mu-chê | Daii Botetsu |
Dahong Zuzheng | Ta-hung Tsu-Chêng | Daikō Soshō |
Dahui Zonggao | Ta-hui Tsung-kao | Daie Sōkō |
Dajian Huineng | Ta-chien Hui-nêng | Daikan Enō |
Dalong | Ta-lung | Dairyō |
Daman Hongren | Ta-man Hung-jên | Daiman Kōnin |
Damei Fachang | Ta-mei Fa-ch’ang | Daibai Hōjō |
Danxia Tianran | Tan-hsia T’ien-jan | Tanka Tenen |
Danxia Zichun | Tan-hsia Tzu-ch’un | Tanka Shijun |
Danyuan Yingzhen | Tan-yüan Ying-chên | Tangen Ôshin |
Daowu Yuanzhi | Tao-wu Yüan-chih | Dōgo Enchi |
Daoxin ( see Dayi Daoxin) | ||
Dasui Fazhen | Ta-sui Fa-chên | Daizui Hōshin |
Datong ( see Yuquan Shenxiu) | ||
Dayang Jingxuan | Ta-yang Ching-hsüan | Taiyō Kyōgen |
Dayang Yan ( see Dayang Jingxuan) | ||
Dayi Daoxin | Ta-i Tao-hsin | Daii Dōshin |
Dayu ( see Gaoan Dayu) | ||
Dayu Shouzhi | Ta-yü Shou-chih | Daigu Shushi |
Dazu Huike | Ta-tsu Hui-k’o | Taiso Eka |
Deshan Xuanjian | Tê-shan Hsüan-chien | Tokusan Senkan |
Deshan Yuanmi | Tê-shan Yüan-mi | Tokusan Emmitsu |
Dingzhou Shizang | Ting-chou Shih-tsang | Jōshū Sekisō |
Dizang ( see Luohan Guichen) | ||
Dongshan Liangjie | Tung-shan Liang-chieh | Tōzan Ryōkai |
Dongshan Shouchu | Tung-shan Shou-ch’u | Tōsan Shusho |
Doushuai Congyue | Tou-shuai Ts’ung-yüeh | Tosotsu Jūetsu |
Farong ( see Niutou Farong) | ||
Fayan Wenyi | Fa-yen Wên-i | Hōgen Bun’eki |
Fengxian Daochen | Fêng-hsien Tao-ch’ên | Hōsen Dōshin |
Fengxue Yanzhao | Fêng-hsüeh Yen-chao | Fūketsu Enshō |
Fenyang Shanzhao | Fên-yang Shan-chao | Fun’yō Zenshō |
Foguo ( see Yuanwu Keqin) | ||
Fojian ( see Taiping Huiqin) | ||
Fori ( see Dahui Zonggao) | ||
Foyan Qingyuan | Fo-yen Ch’ing-yüan | Butsugen Seion |
Furong Daokai | Fu-jung Tao-k’ai | Fuyō Dōkai |
Fushan Fayuan | Fu-shan Fa-yüan | Fuzan Hōen |
Gaoan Dayu | Kao-an Ta-yü | Kōan Daigu |
Guannan Daochang | Kuan-nan Tao-ch’ang | Kannan Dōjō |
Guifeng Zongmi | Kuei-fêng Tsung-mi | Keihō Shūmitsu |
Guishan Da’an | Kuei-shan Ta-an | Isan Daian |
Guishan Lingyou | Kuei-shan Ling-yu | Isan Reiyū |
Guizong Cezhen | Kuei-tsung Ts’ê-Chên | Kisō Sakushin |
Guizong Zhichang | Kuei-tsung Chih-ch’ang | Kisu Chijō |
Hai Brother Hai ( see Baizhang Huaihai) | ||
Hangzhou Tianlong | Hang-chou T’ien-lung | Kōshū Tenryū |
Hermit of Tongfeng ( see Tongfeng Anzhu) | ||
Heze Shenhui | Ho-tsê Shên-hui | Kataku Jinne |
Hongren ( see Daman Hongren) | ||
Hongzhi Zhengjue | Hung-chih Chêng-chüeh | Wanshi Shōgaku |
Huangbo Xiyun | Huang-po Hsi-yün | Ôbaku Kiun |
Huanglong Huinan | Huang-lung Hui-nan | Ôryū Enan |
Huanglong Zuxin ( see Huitang Zuxin) | ||
Huangmei ( see Daman Hongren) | ||
Huguo Jingyuan | Hu-kuo Ching-yüan | Gokoku Keigen |
Huguo Shoucheng | Hu-kuo Shou-chêng | Gokoku Shuchō |
Huichao ( see Guizong Cezhen) | ||
Huike ( see Dazu Huike) | ||
Huineng ( see Dajian Huineng) | ||
Huitang Zuxin | Hui-t’ang Tsu-hsin | Kaidō Soshin |
Huizhao ( see Linji Yixuan) | ||
Iron Grinder Liu ( see Liu Tiemo) | ||
Jianfeng ( see Yuezhou Qianfeng) | ||
Jianzhi Sengcan | Chien-Chih Sêng-ts’an | Kanchi Sōsan |
Jiashan Shanhui | Chia-shan Shan-hui | Kassan Zenne |
Jingqing Daofu | Ching-ch’ing Tao-fu | Kyōsei Dōfu |
Jingzhao Mihu | Ching-chao Mi-hu | Keichō Beiyu |
Jingzhong Shenhui | Ching-Chung Shên-hui | Jōshu Jinne |
Jingzhong Wuxiang | Ching-Chung Wu-Hsiang | Jōshu Musō |
Jinhua Juzhi | Chin-hua Chü-chih | Gutei Chikan |
Jinshan ( see Qingxi Hongjin) | ||
Jiufeng Daoqian | Chiu-fêng Tao-ch’ien | Kyūhō Dōken |
Jiufeng Qin | Chiu-fêng Ch’in | Kyūhō Gon |
Juefan Huihong | Chüeh-fan Hui-hung | Kakuhan Ekō |
Juzhi “One Finger Zen” ( see Jinhua Juzhi) | ||
Kaifu Daoning | K’ai-fu Tao-ning | Kaifuku Dōnei |
Langye Huijue | Lang-yeh Hui-chüeh | Rōya Ekaku |
Lazy An ( see Guishan Da’an) | ||
Liangshan Yuanguan | Liang-shan Yüan-kuan | Ryōzan Enkan |
Lianhua Fengxiang | Lien-hua Fêng-hsiang | Renge Hōshō |
Lingyun Zhiqin | Ling-yün Chih-ch’in | Reiun Shigon |
Linji Yixuan | Lin-chi I-hsüan | Rinzai Gigen |
Liu Tiemo | Liu T’ieh-mo | Ryū Tetsuma |
Longji Shaoxiu | Lung-chi Shao-hsiu | Ryūsai Shōshū |
Longtan Chongxin | Lung-t’an Ch’ung-hsin | Ryūtan Sōshin |
Longya Judun | Lung-ya Chü-tun | Ryūge Kodon |
Lotus Flower Peak (the Hermit of, see Lianhua Fengxiang) | ||
Luohan Guichen | Lo-han Kuei-ch’ên | Rakan Keichin |
Luopu Yuanan | Lo-p’u Yüan-an | Rakuho Gen’an |
Luoshan Daoxian | Lo-shan Tao-hsien | Razan Dōkan |
Luzu Baoyun | Lu-tsu Pao-yün | Roso Hōun |
Magu Baoche ( see Mayu Baoche) | ||
Mayu Baoche | Ma-yu Pao-ch’ê | Mayoku Hōtetsu |
Mazu Daoyi | Ma-tsu Tao-i | Baso Dōitsu |
Mihu ( see Jingzhao Mihu) | ||
Mingan Rongxi | Ming-an Jung-hsi | Myōan Eisai |
Mingzhao Deqian | Ming-chao Tê-ch’ien | Myōshō Tokken |
Moshan Liaoran | Mo-shan Liao-jan | Massan Ryōnen |
Muzhou Daoming | Mu-chou Tao-ming | Bokushū Dōmyō |
Nanpu Shaoming | Nan-p’u Shao-ming | Nampo Jōmyō |
Nanquan Puyuan | Nan-ch’üan P’u-yüan | Nansen Fugan |
Nanta Guangyong | Nan-t’a Kuang-yung | Nantō Kōyū |
Nanyang Huizhong | Nan-yang Hui-chung | Nan’yō Echū |
Nanyuan Huiyong | Nan-yüan Hui-yung | Nan’in Egyō |
Nanyue Huairang | Nan-yüeh Huai-jang | Nangaku Ejō |
National Teacher Zhong ( see Nanyang Huizhong) | ||
Nirvana Master ( see Baizhang Niepan) | ||
Niutou Farong | Niu-t’ou Fa-jung | Gozu Hōyū |
Overnight Guest ( see Yongjia Xuanjue) | ||
Pangyun (Layman Pang) | P’ang Yün | Hōun |
Panshan Baoji | P’an-shan Pao-chi | Banzan Hōshaku |
Puji ( see Songshan Puji) | ||
Puti Damo | P’u-t’i Ta-mo | Bodai Daruma |
Qianfeng ( see Yuezhou Qianfeng) | ||
Qinglin Shiqian | Ch’ing-lin Shih-ch’ien | Seirin Shiken |
Qingxi Hongjin | Ch’ing-hsi Hung-chin | Seikei Kōshin |
Qingyuan Xingsi | Ch’ing-yüan Hsing-ssu | Seigen Gyōshi |
Qinshan Wensui | Ch’in-shan Wên-sui | Kinzan Bunsui |
Ruiyan Shiyan | Jui-yen Shih-yen | Zuigan Shigen |
Sansheng Huiran | San-shêng Hui-jan | Sanshō Enen |
Sengcan ( see Jianzhi Sengcan) | ||
Shengshou Nanyin | Shêng-shou Nan-yin | Seijū Nan’in |
Shenxiu ( see Yuquan Shenxiu) | ||
Shexian Guixing | Shê-hsien Kuei-hsing | Sekken Kisei |
Shishuang Chuyuan | Shih-shuang Ch’u-yüan | Sekisō Soen |
Shishuang Qingzhu | Shih-shuang Ch’ing-chu | Sekisō Keisho |
Shitou Xiqian | Shih-t’ou Hsi-ch’ien | Sekitō Kisen |
Shoushan Xingnian | Shou-shan Hsing-nien | Shuzan Shōnen |
Shushan Kuangren | Shu-shan K’uang-jên | Sozan Kyōnin |
Sixin Wuxin | Ssü-hsin Wu-hsin | Shishin Goshin |
Songshan Puji | Sung-shan P’u-chi | Sūzan Fujaku |
Suizhou Daoyuan | Sui-chou Tao-yüan | Suishū Dōen |
Taigu Puyu | T’ai-ku P’u-yü | (Korean) Taigo Pou |
Taiping Huiqin | T’ai-p’ing Hui-ch’in | Taihei Egon |
Taiyuan Fu | T’ai-yüan Fu | Taigen Fu |
Tianhuang Daowu | T’ien-huang Tao-wu | Tennō Dōgo |
Tianping Congyi | T’ien-p’ing Ts’ung-i | Tempyō Jūi |
Tiantai Deshao | T’ien-t’ai Tê-shao | Tendai Tokushō |