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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.

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7th century

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

8th century

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

9th century

  • 808Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (b. 740)source
  • 814Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 720)source
  • 850Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monksource
  • 862Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 864)source
  • 864Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 862)source
  • 865Deshan Xuanjian, Chinese Zen Buddhist monksource
  • 897Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (b. 778)source

10th century

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

11th century

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

12th century

  • 1105Xuedou Zhijian, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1192)source
  • 1117Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 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 (b. 1089)source

13th century

  • 1203Xueting Fuyu, Chinese Zen Buddhist abbot (d. 1275)source
  • 1275Musō Soseki, Japanese Rinzai Zen monk and teacher (d. 1351)source
  • 1277Meihō Sotetsu, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1350)source
  • 1278May 9 – Kokan Shiren, Japanese Zen patriarch (d. 1347)source
  • 1283Shuho Myocho, Japanese teacher and Zen Master (d. 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 (b. 1278)source

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