| Six Patriarchs | |||||
| Huineng (638-713) (WG: Hui-neng. Jpn: Enō) |
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| Qingyuan Xingsi (660-740) (WG: TCh'ing yüan Hsing-ssu. Jpn: Seigen Gyōshi) |
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| Shitou Xiqian (700-790) (WG: Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien. Jpn: Sekitō Kisen) |
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| Yaoshan Weiyan (ca.745-828) (Yao-shan Wei-yen, Jpn. Yakusan Igen) |
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| Yunyan Tansheng (780-841) (Yün-yen T'an-shen, Jpn. Ungan Donjō) |
Linji lineage Linji school |
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| 0 | Dongshan Liangjie (807-869) Tung-shan liang-chieh, Jpn. Tōzan Ryōkai) |
Linji Yixuan[1] | |||
| 1 | Caoshan Benji (840-901) (Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi, Jpn. Sōzan Honjaku) |
Yunju Daoying (d.902) (Yün-chü Tao-ying, Jpn. Ungo Dōyō) |
Xinghua Cunjiang[2] | ||
| 2 | Tongan Daopi (Daopi[3]) | Nanyuan Huiyong[4] | |||
| 3 | Tongan Guanzhi (Tongan[3]) | Fengxue Yanzhao[5] | |||
| 4 | Liangshan Yuanguan | Shoushan Xingnian[6] | |||
| 5 | Dayang Jingxuan (Dayang[3]) | Shexian Guixing[7] | |||
| Fushan Fayuan (Rinzai-master) [8]) | |||||
| 6 | Touzi Yiqing (Touzi[3]) | ||||
| 7 | Furong Daokai (Daokai[3]) | ||||
| 8 | Danxia Zichun (Danxia[3]) | ||||
| 9 | Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157)[9] | Zhenxie Qingliao (Wukong[3]) | |||
| 10 | Tiantong Zongjue (Zongjue[3]) | Linji lineage Linji school |
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| 11 | Xuedou Zhijian (Zhijian[3]) | Eisai | Linji lineage Linji school | ||
| 12 | Tiantong Rujing (Rujing[3]) | Myozen | Dahui Zonggao | ||
| 13 | Dōgen | Zhuóān Déguāng (拙庵德光, 1121–1203) | |||
| 14 | Koun Ejō | Nōnin | |||
| 15 | Tettsū Gikai | ||||
| 16 | Keizan | ||||
| Sōtō | |||||
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- ^ Ferguson 2009, p. 273.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cleary 1990, p. [page needed].
- ^ Ferguson 2009, p. 313.
- ^ Ferguson 2009, p. 335.
- ^ Ferguson 2009, p. 359.
- ^ Ferguson 2009, p. 386.
- ^ Bodiford 1991, p. 428.
- ^ Ferguson 2011, p. 454.