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Zen

school of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition

39 dated entries naming Zen, drawn from 39 separate years between 607 CE and 1347 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 Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhist in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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7th century

  • 607Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (died 706)source
  • 638Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Tang dynasty (died 713)source
  • 677Nanyue Huairang, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (died 744)source

8th century

  • 706Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarchsource
  • 709Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 788)source
  • 713Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (born 638)source
  • 720Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 814)source
  • 740Layman Pang, Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist (died 808)source
  • 778Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (died 897)source
  • 788Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 709)source

9th century

  • 808Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (born 740)source
  • 814Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 720)source
  • 850Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monksource
  • 862Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 864)source
  • 864Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 862)source
  • 897Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (born 778)source

10th century

  • 904Yongming Yanshou, Chinese Zen master (died 975)source
  • 943Dayang Jingxuan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1027)source
  • 949Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monksource
  • 975Yongming Yanshou, Chinese Zen master (born 904)source

11th century

  • 1027Dayang Jingxuan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 943)source
  • 1032Touzi Yiqing, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1083)source
  • 1043Furong Daokai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1118)source
  • 1064Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1117)source
  • 1083Touzi Yiqing, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1032)source
  • 1088Zhenxie Qingliao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1151)source
  • 1089Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1163)source
  • 1095Zishou Miaozong, Chinese Zen master (died 1170)source

12th century

  • 1117Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1064)source
  • 1125A collection of Zen Buddhist koans is compiled, in the Chinese Blue Cliff Record.source
  • 1163August 10 – Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1089)source

13th century

  • 1203Xueting Fuyu, Chinese Zen Buddhist abbot (died 1275)source
  • 1227Dōgen Zenji receives Dharma transmission and inka from his master Rujing in China, settling his "life's quest of the great matter", going on to introduce Sōtō Zen Buddhism into his native Japan.source
  • 1275Musō Soseki, Japanese Rinzai Zen monk and teacher (died 1351)source
  • 1277Meihō Sotetsu, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (died 1350)source
  • 1278May 9 – Kokan Shiren, Japanese Zen patriarch (died 1347)source
  • 1283Shuho Myocho, Japanese teacher and Zen Master (died 1338)source
  • 1291In Japan the temple of Nanzen-ji at Kyoto is established by Emperor Kameyama. This temple becomes one of the most important religious schools within the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism and includes multiple sub-temples.source

14th century

  • 1347Kokan Shiren, Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated Chinese poet (born 1278)source

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