Five Houses of Chán
East Mountain Teaching

Five Houses of Chán

Section Title: East Mountain Teaching
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Predecessors

5	Daman Hongren (601-674)(5th Patriarch) (WG Ta-man Hung-jen, Jpn. Gunin)

6	Yuquan Shenxiu (605?-706) (WG Yü-Ch'uan shen-hsiu, Jpn. Jinshū)	Huineng (638-713) (WG Hui-neng, Jpn. Enō)

7	Northern School	Qingyuan Xingsi (660-740) (WG Ch'ing-yüan Hsing-ssu, Jpn. Seigen Gyōshi)	Nanyue Huairang (677-744) (wg Nan-yüeh Huai-jang, Jpn. Nangaku Ejō)	Heze Shenhui (WG Ho-tse Shen-hui, Jpn. Kataku Jin'e)

8	Shitou Xiqian (700-790) (WG Shih-t'ou Hsi-ch'ien, Jpn. Sekitō Kisen)	Mazu Daoyi (709-788) (WG Ma-tsu Tao-i, Jpn. Baso Dōitsu)	Southern School (WG Ho-tse School, Jpn. Kataku School)

9	Fayan school Yunmen school Caodong school)	Hongzhou school Linji school

Fifth generation: Guifeng Zongmi (780–841) ((圭峰 宗密 WG Kuei-feng Tsung-mi, Jpn. Keihō Shūmitsu)

Sentence(s)

The period of Daman Hongren (601–674) came to be called the East Mountain Teaching.

final_sentence: The period of Daman Hongren (601–674) came to be called the East Mountain Teaching.