Lineage
Dongshan's most renowned students were Caoshan Benji (W-G: T'sao-shan 840–901) and Yunju Daoying (W-G:Yun-chu Taoying 835–902).
Caoshan refined and finalized on Dongshan's works on Buddhist doctrine. The sect's name, Caodong may possibly take after the names of these two teachers. (However, an alternate theory says the 'Cao' refers to Caoxi Huinneng (W-G:Ts'ao-hsi Hui-neng 曹渓慧能), the 6th Ancestor of Ch'an. See Sōtō#Chinese origins).
The lineage that T'sao-shan began, ironically, did not last beyond his immediate disciples. Yunju Daoying started a branch of Dongshan's lineage which lasted in China until the 17th century. Thirteen generations later the Japanese monk Dogen Kigen (1200–1253) was educated in the traditions of Dongshan's Caodong school brand of Chan (Zen). Following his education, he returned to his homeland and started the Soto school ("Sōtō" is merely the Japanese reading of "Caodong").
| 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 | 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 | Tongan Daopi (Daopi) | Nanyuan Huiyong | ||
| 3 | Tongan Guanzhi (Tongan) | Fengxue Yanzhao | ||
| 4 | Liangshan Yuanguan | Shoushan Xingnian | ||
| 5 | Dayang Jingxuan (942-1027) (Dayang) | Shexian Guixing | ||
| Fushan Fayuan (Rinzai-master) ) | ||||
| 6 | Touzi Yiqing (1032-1083) (Touzi) | |||
| 7 | Furong Daokai (1043-1118) (Daokai) | |||
| 8 | Danxia Zichun (1064-1117) (Danxia) | |||
| 9 | Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) | Zhenxie Qingliao (Wukong) | ||
| 10 | Tiantong Zongjue (Zongjue) | |||
| 11 | Xuedou Zhijian (Zhijian) | |||
| 12 | Tiantong Rujing (Rujing) | |||
| 13 | Dōgen | |||
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Soto-lineage |
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)