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Linji Yixuan

Japanese painting of Linji Yixuan (Jap. Rinzai Gigen)
A statue of Linji Yixuan under the southern gate of Zhengding Hebei, China
The Chengling pagoda at Linji Temple is believed to contain the remains of Linji.[1]

Linji Yixuan (traditional Chinese: 臨濟義玄; simplified Chinese: 临济义玄; pinyin: Línjì Yìxuán; Wade–Giles: Lin-chi I-hsüan; Japanese: 臨済義玄 Rinzai Gigen; died 866 CE) was a Tang dynasty Chinese monk and teacher of the Hongzhou school of Chinese Chan (Zen). He is known as a leading figure of Tang dynasty (618-907) Chan Buddhism and the Recorded Sayings of Linji (Línjì yǔlù), which contains his teachings, is seen as a major Zen text which exemplifies the iconoclastic and antinomian spirit of Zen.[2]

Linji was a student of Huangbo Xiyun and is also considered to be the founder of the influential Linji school of Chan. This school actually developed in the Song dynasty (960-1279) among descendants of Linji, who created various mythic stories about Linji in the process of founding their new school of Zen.[3]

  1. ^ Welter 2008, p. vii-viii.
  2. ^ Welter 2008, p. 1.
  3. ^ Welter 2008, p. 2.

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