Dongshan Liangjie

Dongshan Liangjie
Title	Chan master (禅師)
Personal
Born	807 China
Died	869
Religion	Chan Buddhism
Nationality	Chinese
School	Caodong school (曹洞宗, J. Sōtō)
Notable work(s)	Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi (《寶鏡三昧歌》) (attrib.); Recorded dialogues (《洞山語録》)
Senior posting
Teacher	Yunyan Tansheng
Predecessor	Yunyan Tansheng
Successor	Yunju Daoying / Caoshan Benji (the latter's branch discontinued)
Students (other than successors) Longya Judun Jiufeng Puman Qinshan Wensui Yuezhou Qianfeng Qinglin Shiqian Shushan Kuangren

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Dongshan Liangjie (807–869) (Chinese: 洞山良价; pinyin: Dòngshān Liángjiè; Wade–Giles: Tung-shan Liang-chieh; Japanese: Tōzan Ryōkai; Korean: Tongsan Lianggye; Vietnamese: Động Sơn Lương Giới) was a Chan Buddhist monk of the Tang dynasty. He founded the Caodong school (Chinese: 曹洞宗), which was transmitted to Japan in the thirteenth century (Song-Yuan era) by Dōgen and developed into the Sōtō school of Zen.

The Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi has been attributed to him by the Chinese tradition. However, modern scholars now argue that there is no evidence for this and that this text first appears in the 12th century.^[1]