Zen's Chinese Heritage : The Masters and Their Teachings

by Ferguson, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780861716173
• ISBN10: 0861716175
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Zen's Chinese Heritage surveys twenty-five generations of enlightened Buddhist teachers through brief biographies and starkly beautiful prose and poetry from Chinese Zen sources. Andrew Ferguson moves chronologically through successive generations of Zen masters, supplementing their core teachings with history, biography, and poetry. The result is an organic understanding of the tradition's evolution as a religious, literary, and historical force. Capturing the austere beauty of the Zen masters' manner of teaching--their earthy style, humour, and humanity - Zen's Chinese Heritage is an intimate and profound human portrait of the enlightened Zen ancients, and an unprecedented look into the depths of this rich cultural heritage.

Author Biography

A member of the San Francisco Zen Center, Andrew Ferguson is a writer and translator who lives in Petaluma, California.

Steven Heine is an authority on Japanese religion and society, especially the history of Zen Buddhism and the life and works of Dogen. He has published two dozen books, including Did Dogen Go to China? and Zen Skin, Zen Marrow.

Reb Anderson Roshi moved to San Francisco in 1967 to study Zen Buddhism with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, who ordained him as a priest in 1970. Since then, he has continued to practice at the San Francisco Zen Center, where he served as abbot from 1986 to 1995 and is now a senior dharma teacher. Anderson Roshi lectures and leads retreats around the world, and is the author of Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains and Being Upright. He lives with his family and friends at Green Dragon Temple, Green Gulch Farm, near Muir Beach, in Northern California.
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xiii
Foreword to the New Edition	p. xv
Foreword	p. xvii
Preface	p. xxi
Technical Note	p. xxv
Introduction	p. 1
The Legendary Period 480-755
The First Four Generations
Bodhidharma	p. 11
Dazu Huike	p. 21
Jianzhi Sengcan	p. 25
Dayi Daoxin	p. 27
Fifth Generation
Daman Hongren	p. 35
Niutou Farong	p. 38
Sixth Generation
Dajian Huineng, ôCaoxiö	p. 43
Yuquan Shenxiu, ôDatongö	p. 48
Seventh Generation
Nanyue Huairang	p. 53
Qingyuan Xingsi	p. 56
Nanyang Huizhong	p. 58
Yongjia Xuanjue	p. 64
Heze Shenhui	p. 66
The Classical Period 755-950
Eighth Generation
Mazu Daoyi, ôDajiö	p. 73
Shitou Xiqian	p. 79
Danyuan Yingzhen	p. 83
Ninth Generation
Baizhang Huaihai	p. 85
Xitang Zhizang	p. 92
Daju Huihai	p. 94
Zhangjing Huaiyun	p. 98
Yanguan Qi'an	p. 100
Damei Fachang	p. 102
Guizong Zhichang	p. 105
Layman Pang, ôPangyunö	p. 108
Mayu Baoche	p. 111
Panshan Baoji	p. 113
Luzu Baoyun	p. 116
Zhongyi Hongen	p. 117
Wujiu Youxuan	p. 118
Nanquan Puyuan, ôOld Teacher Wangö	p. 119
Yaoshan Weiyan	p. 122
Danxia Tianran	p. 126
Tianhuang Daowu	p. 130
Tenth Generation
Huangbo Xiyun	p. 133
Wufeng Changguan	p. 139
Guishan Da'an, ôChangqing Da'an,ö ôLazy Anö	p. 140
Baizhang Niepan, ôFazhengö	p. 142
Guishan Lingyou	p. 143
Guannan Daochang	p. 148
Hangzhou Tianlong	p. 149
Changsha Jingcen, ôTiger Cenö	p. 149
Zhaozhou Congshen	p. 153
Yunyan Tansheng	p. 160
Chuanzi Decheng	p. 163
Daowu Yuanzhi, ôZongzhiö	p. 166
Cuiwei Wuxue	p. 168
Longtan Chongxin	p. 170
Eleventh Generation
Linji Yixuan, ôHuizhaoö	p. 173
Muzhou Daoming, ôChen Zunsuö	p. 177
Dausi Fazhen, ôShenzhaoö	p. 180
Lingyun Zhiqin	p. 183
Jingzhao Mihu, ôMi the Seventhö	p. 184
Yangshan Huiji	p. 185
Xiangyan Zhixian	p. 191
Liu Tiemo, ôIron Grinder Liuö	p. 194
Jinhua Juzhi	p. 195
Moshan Liaoran	p. 197
Yanyang Shanzhao	p. 199
Dongshan Liangjie	p. 200
Jiashan Shanhui	p. 207
Shishuang Qingzhu	p. 209
Touzi Datong	p. 213
Deshan Xuanjian	p. 216
Twelfth Generation
Xinghua Cunjiang	p. 223
Baoshou Yanzhao	p. 225
Sansheng Huiran	p. 227
Tongfeng Anzhu	p. 229
Xita Guangmu	p. 230
Nanta Guangyong	p. 231
Yunju Daoying	p. 232
Qinshan Wensui	p. 236
Longya Judun, ôZhengkongö	p. 239
Yuezhou Qianfeng	p. 241
Caoshan Benji	p. 242
Qinglin Shiqian	p. 246
Shushan Kuangren	p. 249
Luopu Yuanan	p. 254
Jiufeng Daoqian	p. 258
Daguang Juhui	p. 260
Xuefeng Yicun	p. 261
Yantou Quanhuo	p. 266
Guifeng Zongmi	p. 269
Thirteenth Generation
Nanyuan Huiyong, ôBaoyingö	p. 273
Xiyuan Siming	p. 275
Zifu Rubao	p. 276
Bajiao Huiqing	p. 278
Tongan Daopi	p. 280
Huguo Shoucheng, ôJingguoö	p. 282
Yunmen Wenyan	p. 283
Cuiyan Lingcan, ôYongmingö	p. 288
Jingqing Daofu, ôXun Deö	p. 290
Taiyuan Fu	p. 294
Xuansha Shibei	p. 297
Baofu Congzhan	p. 300
Changqing Huileng	p. 304
Luoshan Daoxian	p. 307
Ruiyan Shiyan	p. 309
Fourteenth Generation
Fengxue Yanzhao	p. 313
Xingyang Qingrang	p. 316
Tongan Guanzhi	p. 316
Xianglin Chengyuan	p. 317
Fengxian Daoshen	p. 320
Baling Haojian	p. 322
Deshan Yuanming, ôYuanmiö	p. 324
Dongshan Shouchu	p. 326
Luohan Guichen, ôDizangö	p. 327
Wang Yanbin	p. 331
Mingzhao Deqian	p. 332
Fifteenth Generation
Shoushan Xingnian	p. 335
Liangshan Yuanguan	p. 338
Zhimen Guangzuo	p. 339
Lianhua Fengxian, ôHermit of Lotus Flower Peakö	p. 340
Wenshu Yingzhen	p. 341
Fayan Wenyi, ôQingliangö	p. 342
Qingxi Hongjin, ôJinshanö	p. 347
Longji Shaoxiu, ôXiushanö	p. 348
The Literary Period 950-1260
Sixteenth Generation
Fenyang Shanzhao, ôWudeö	p. 353
Shexian Guixing	p. 359
Dayang Jingxuan, ôJingyanö	p. 361
Jiufeng Qin	p. 363
Xuedou Chongxian, ôMingjueö	p. 364
Bao'en Xuanze	p. 367
Guizong Cezhen	p. 369
Baoci Xingyan	p. 371
Chongshou Qizhou	p. 372
Tiantai Deshao	p. 373
Tianping Congyi	p. 376
Seventeenth Generation
Shishuang Chuyuan, ôZhimingö	p. 379
Dayu Shouzhi, ôCuiyanö	p. 382
Langye Huijue, ôKaihua Guangzhaoö	p. 385
Fushan Fayuan, ôYuanjianö	p. 386
Touzi Yiqing	p. 389
Xingyang Qingpou	p. 392
Tianyi Yihuai	p. 394
Chengtian Chuanzong	p. 396
Yongming Yanshou	p. 397
Eighteenth Generation
Huanglong Huinan	p. 401
Yangqi Fanghui	p. 407
Cuiyan Kezhen	p. 411
Changshui Zixuan	p. 414
Furong Daokai	p. 415
Nineteenth Generation
Yunan Kewen, ôZhenjing,ö, ôBaofengö	p. 421
Huitang Zuxin, ôHuanglongö	p. 424
Baiyun Shouduan	p. 428
Baoning Renyong	p. 431
Dagui Muche, ôGuishan Zheö	p. 434
Danxia Zichun	p. 436
Baofeng Weizhao	p. 438
Twentieth Generation
Juefan Huihong, ôDehong,ö ôQingliangö	p. 441
Doushuai Congyue	p. 444
Sixin Wuxin, ôHuanglong Wuxinö	p. 446
Wuzu Fayan, ôQingyuanö	p. 448
Zhenxie Qingliao, ôChangluö	p. 451
Hongzhi Zhengjue, ôTiantongö	p. 454
Twenty-second Generation
Dahui Zonggao, ôForiö	p. 477
Huguo Jingyuan	p. 483
Zhu'an Shigui	p. 485
Yue'an Shanguo, ôDaguiö	p. 487
Xuedou Zhijian, ôZu'anö	p. 489
Twenty-third Generation
Dahong Zuzheng, ôLao Naö	p. 491
Tiantong Rujing	p. 492
Twenty-fourth Generation
Yuelin Shiguan	p. 495
Twenty-fifth Generation
Wumen Huikai, ôHuanglong,ö ôFoyanö	p. 497
Appendix
Faith in Mind (attributed to the Third Ancestor, Jianzhi Sengcan)	p. 499
Select Bibliography
Texts in English	p. 505
Modern Texts in Chinese	p. 506
Promodern Texts in Chinese	p. 507
Records of Individual Teachers	p. 508
Romanization Tables
Pinyin-Wade-Giles-Romaji	p. 509
Wade-Giles-Pinyin-Romaji	p. 515
Romaji-Pinyin-Wade-Giles	p. 521
Notes	p. 527
Index	p. 539
About the Author	p. 551
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