Limited Sources
The historical record of Sengcan is extremely limited. Of all the Chan patriarchs, Sengcan is the most ambiguous and the least known:
We have no certain information regarding Seng-ts’an. The course of his life lies in darkness.”Read more about this topic: Jianzhi Sengcan
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