Mummification
The mummified body of Huineng is kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan Prefecture (northern Guangdong).
Huineng's body was seen by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci who visited Nanhua Temple in 1589. Ricci told the European readers the story of Huineng (in a somewhat garbled form), describing him as akin to a Christian ascetic. Ricci names him Lusu (i.e. 六祖, "The Sixth Patriarch").
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