Chan Buddhism

Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism

19 dated entries naming Chan Buddhism, drawn from 19 separate years between 580 CE and 1263 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Chinese Chán in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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6th century

  • 580Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (died 651)source

7th century

  • 601Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang dynasty (died 674)source
  • 606Jianzhi Sengcan, patriarch of Chánsource
  • 651Dayi Daoxin, Chán Buddhist patriarch (born 580)source
  • 674Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang dynasty (born 601)source

8th century

  • 740Layman Pang, Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist (died 808)source

9th century

  • 807Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (died 869)source
  • 822Xuefeng Yicun, Chinese Chan master (died 908)source
  • 828Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (died 887)source
  • 869Dongshan Liangjie, Chinese Buddhist teacher (born 807)source
  • 887Yantou Quanhuo, Chinese Chan master (born 828)source

11th century

  • 1027Fayun Faxiu, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (died 1090)source
  • 1047Qingshui, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (died 1101)source
  • 1063Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (died 1135)source
  • 1090Fayun Faxiu, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (born 1027)source
  • 1091Hongzhi Zhengjue, Chinese Chan Buddhist monk and writer (died 1157)source

12th century

  • 1107Changlu Zongze, Chinese Chan Buddhist monksource

13th century

  • 1209May 16 – Ji Gong (or Daoji), Chinese Buddhist monk (born 1130)source
  • 1263Zhongfeng Mingben, Chinese Buddhist master (died 1323)source

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