| Predecessors | ||||
| 5 | Daman Hongren (601-674)(5th Patriarch) (WG Ta-man Hung-jen, Jpn. Gunin) | |||
| 6 | Yuquan Shenxiu (605?-706) (WG Yü-Ch'uan shen-hsiu, Jpn. Jinshū) |
Huineng (638-713) (WG Hui-neng, Jpn. Enō) | ||
| 7 | Northern School | Qingyuan Xingsi (660-740) (WG Ch'ing-yüan Hsing-ssu, Jpn. Seigen Gyōshi) |
Nanyue Huairang (677-744) (wg Nan-yüeh Huai-jang, Jpn. Nangaku Ejō) |
Heze Shenhui (WG Ho-tse Shen-hui, Jpn. Kataku Jin'e)[1][2] |
| 8 | Shitou Xiqian (700-790) (WG Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien, Jpn. Sekitō Kisen) |
Mazu Daoyi (709-788) (WG Ma-tsu Tao-i, Jpn. Baso Dōitsu) |
Southern School (WG Ho-tse School, Jpn. Kataku School) | |
| 9 | Fayan school Yunmen school Caodong school |
Hongzhou school Linji school |
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| Fifth generation: Guifeng Zongmi (780–841) ((圭峰 宗密 WG Kuei-feng Tsung-mi, Jpn. Keihō Shūmitsu) | ||||
- ^ McRae 2003, p. 68.
- ^ John M. Thompson, Huineng (Hui-neng) (638—713), Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- McRae, John (2003). Seeing Through Zen. Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism. The University Press Group Ltd. ISBN 978-0-520-23798-8.