Successors
Among Mazu's immediate students were Baizhang Huaihai (WG: Po-chang Huai-hai, 720-814), (Nan-ch'üan P'u-yüan, 748-835), and Damei Fachang (Ta-mei Fa-ch'ang, 752-839).
A generation later his lineage (via Baizhang) came to include Huangbo Xiyun (WG: Huang-po Hsi-yün, Jpn: Obaku Kiun, d.850), and his celebrated successor Linji Yixuan (WG: Lin-chi I-shuan, Jpn: Rinzai Gigen, d.866). From Linji Yixuan derived the Lin-chi-tsung (Jpn: Rinzai) school.
A second line was Guishan Lingyou (Kuei-shan Ling-yu) (771-853), to whom the Guiyang school (Jpn. Igyo school) was named, and therein Yang-shan Hui-chi (807-883). The Guiyang/Igyo school merged into the Linji school in the 10th century.
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| Huineng (638-713) (Hui-neng, Jpn. Enō) |
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| Nanyue Huairang (677-744) (Nan-yüeh Huai-jang, Jpn. Nangaku Ejō)) |
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| Mazu Daoyi (709-788) (Ma-tsu Tao-i, Jpn. Baso Dōitsu) |
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| Nanquan Puyuan (748-835) (Nan-ch'üan p'u-yüan, Jpn. Nansen Fugan) |
Baizhang Huaihai (720-814) (Pai-chang Huai-hai, Jpn. Hyakujō Ekai) |
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| Zhaozhou Congshen (778--879) (Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen, Jpn. Jōshū Jūshin) |
Huangbo Xiyun (d.850) (Huang-po Hsi-yüan, Jpn. Ōbaku Kiun) |
Guishan Lingyou (771-853) (Kuei-shan Ling-yu, Jpn. Isan Reiyū) |
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| Linji Yixuan (d.866) (Lin-chi I-hsüan, Jpn. Rinzai Gigen) |
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