Chinese Zen / Ch'an Patriarchs and early Zen / Ch'an Schools

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|_1. Patriarch: Bodhidharma (s.), Bodai Daruma (j.), P'u-ti Ta-mo (wg) Puti Damo (py)(?-532)

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|_(Tao Fu, Do-fuku) (j)
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|_(Tsung Chi, So-ji) (j) (♀)
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|_(Tao Yuh, Do-iku (j)
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|_2. Patriarch: Taiso Eka (j.) Ta-tsu Hui-k'o (wg) Dazu Huike (py)(487-593) no fixed abode except on Shang Kwang

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| |_Dosho (629-700) upon returning to Japan in 656 he founded the Hossō-Schule and built a Hall for Zen meditation in Gango Monastery in Nara.
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|_3. Patriarch: Kanchi Sōsan (j.) Chieh-chih Sêng-ts'an (wg) Jianzhi Sengcan (py)(?-606), wrote the Hsin Hsin Ming (Shinjinmei)

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|_Vinitaruci (? - 594) brought Ch'an to North Vietnam in ca. 580 ------> Ty Ni Da Lu Chi Lineage
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|_4. Patriarch: Sōhō Dōshin (j.) Shuang-fêng Tao-hsin (wg) Shuangfeng Daoxin (py)(580-651) wrote among others "Standards of conduct for Boddhisattvas"

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|_5. Patriarch: Daiman Kōnin/Goso (j.) Ta-man Hung-jên (wg) Daman Hongren/Huangmei (py) (602-675) had 11 Dharma sucessors

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|_(Ox Head School) Gozu Hōyū (j.) Niu-tou Fa-yung (wg) Farong (py) (594-657)
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|        |_Chih-yen (wg) Zhiyan (py) (600-677)
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|                |_Hui-fang (wg) Huifang (py) (629-695)
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|                        |_Fa-chih (wg) Fachi ( 635-702)
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|                                        |_Chi-wei (wg) Zhiwei (646-722)
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|                                                |_Hui-chung (wg) Huizhong (py) (683-769)
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|                                                        |_Ching-shan Tao-ch'in (wg) Jingshan Daoquin (714-792)
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|_(Northern School) Gyokusen Jinshū (j.) Yü-ch'üan Shên-hsiu (wg) (605-706)
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|        |_Sūsan Fujaku (j.) Sung-shan Fujaku (wg) (651-739)
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|                |_Jōshu Sekisō (j.) Ting-chou Shih-tang (wg) (714-800)

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|_(Sichuan School) Shishū Chisen (j.) Tsü-chou Chih-shên (wg) (609-702)
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|        |_Shishū Shojaku (j.) Tsü-chou Ch'u-chi (wg) (648-734)
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|                |_Jōshū Musō (j.) Ching-chung Wu-hsiang (wg) (684-762)
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|                        |_Jōshū Jinne (j.) Ching-chung Shên-hui (wg) (720-794)
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|                                |_Seijū Nan'in (j.) Shêng-shou Nan-yin (wg) (?-?)
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|                                        |_Suishū Dōen (j.) Sui-chou Tao-yüan (wg)
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|                                                |_(Tsung-mi (wg)/Zongmi (py) (780-841) 5th Hua-yen Patriarch)

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|_6. Patriarch: Daikan Enō/Rokuso (j.) Ta-chien Hui-nêng (wg) Dajian Huineng/Caoxi (638-713), wrote the Fah Pao Tan King.
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        |_Yōka Genkaku (j.) Yung-chia Hsüan-chüeh (wg) (665-713) wrote the Shodoka - the song of enlightenment.
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        |_Nan'yō Echū (j.) Nan-yang Hui-chung (wg) (675-755)
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        |        |_Tangen Ōshin (j.) Tan-yüan Yin-chên (wg) (?-?)
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        |_(Heze School) Kataku Jinne (j.) Ho-tsê Shên-hui (wg) (670-762)
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        |        |_Jishū Hōnyo (j.) Ss'ü-chou Fa-ju (wg) (?-?)
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        |_Nangaku Ejō (j.) Nan-yüeh Huai-jang (wg) (677-744) (Nangaku/Nan-yüeh Branch)
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        |_Seigen Gyōshi (j.) Ch'ing-yüan Hsing-ssü (wg) (660-740) (Seigen/Ch'ing-yüan Branch)