Xuyun

Xuyun
Xuyun
虛雲
	Xuyun
Title	Honorary President of the Buddhist Association of China
Personal
Born	5 September 1840 (reputedly); Quanzhou, Fujian, Qing China
Died	13 October 1959; (Aged 119 years, 48 days); Zhenru Temple, Jiangxi, China
Religion	Chan Buddhism
Nationality	Chinese
School	Weiyang school; Linji school; Caodong school; Yunmen school; Fayan school
Lineage	8th generation of Weiyang school; 43rd generation of Linji school; 8th generation of Fayan school; 47th generation of Caodong school; 12th generation of Yunmen school
Organization
Temple	Zhenru Temple (Jiangxi)
Senior posting
Teacher	Changkai; Yung Ching; Miaolian
	Students Fo Yuan, Jy Ding, Jing Hui, Charles Luk, Hsuan Hua, Benhuan, Yicheng (monk), Chuanyin;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	虛雲
Simplified Chinese	虚云
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xūyún
Wade–Giles	Hsǖ Yǘn
Yale Romanization	Syūyún
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Heuīwàhn
Jyutping	Heoi1wan4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hu-Ûn
Tâi-lô	Hu7hun7
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	蕭古巖
Simplified Chinese	萧古岩
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiāo Gǔyán
Wade–Giles	Hsiāo Kǔyén
Yale Romanization	Syāu Gǔyán
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sīu Gúngàahm
Jyutping	Siu1 Gu2ngaam4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Siau Kó͘-gâm

Xuyun or Hsu Yun (simplified Chinese: 虚云; traditional Chinese: 虛雲; pinyin: Xūyún; 5 September 1840? – 13 October 1959)^[1] was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries.^[2]

^ Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Steward (2010), Zen Masters, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 92. ISBN 9780199777181
^ Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). "Xuyun", in Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 1017. ISBN 9780691157863.

[1] Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Steward (2010), Zen Masters, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 92. ISBN 9780199777181

[2] Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). "Xuyun", in Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 1017. ISBN 9780691157863.

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