The Sōtō/Ts'ao-tung School of Chinese Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism

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|_Tōzan Ryōkai (j.), Tung-shan Liang-chieh (wg) (807-869)

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|_Kinzan Bunsui (j.), Ch'in-shan Wên-sui (wg) (8xx-8xx)
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|_Ryūge Koton (j.), Lung-ya Chü-tun (wg) (835-923)
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|_Esshū Kempō (j.), Yüeh-chou Ch'ien-feng (wg) (8xx-8xx)
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|_Seiren Shiken (j.), Ch'ing-lin Shih-ch'ien (wg) (?-?)
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|_Sozan Kyōnin (j.), Shu-shan K'uang-jên (wg) (837-909)
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| |_Gokoku Shuchō (j.), Hu-kuo Shou-ch'êng (wg) (?-?)
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|_Ungo Dōyō (j.), Yün-chü Tao-ying (wg) (?-902)

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|_Dōan Dōhi (j.), T'ung-an Tao-p'i (wg) (?-?)

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|_Dōan Kanshi (j.), T'ung-an Kuan-chih (wg) (?-?)

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|_Ryōzan Enkan (j.), Liang-shan Yüan-kuan (wg) (?-?)

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|_Taiyō Kyōgen (j.), Ta-yang Ching-hsüan (wg) (943-1027)

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|_Kōyō Seibō (j.), Hsing-yang Ch'ing-p'ou (wg) (?-?)
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|_Tōsu Gisei (j.), T'ou-tzü I-ch'ing (wg) (1032-1183)

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|_Fuyō Dōkai (j.), Fu-jung Tao-k'ai (wg), Furong Doakai (py) (1043-1118)
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        |_Hōhō Ishō (j.), Pao-fêng Wei-chao (wg) (1084-1128)
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        |_Tanka Shijun (j.), Tan-hsia Tzü-ch'un (wg), Danxia Zichun (py (1064-1117)
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        |        |_Wanshi Shōgaku (j.), Hung-chih Chêng-chüeh (wg) (1091-1157)
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        |        |_Shingetsu Seiryō (j.), Chên-hsieh Ch'ing-liao (wg), Zhenxie Qingliao (py) (1089-1151)
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        |                |_Tendō Sōkaku (j.), T'ien-t'ung Tsung-chüeh (wg), Tiantong Zongjue (py) (1091-1162)
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        |                        |_Setchō Chikan (j.), Hsüeh-t'ou Chih-chien (wg), Xuedou Zhijian (py) (1105-1192)
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        |                                |_Tendō Nyojō (j.), T'ien-t'ung Ju-ching (wg), Tiangtong Rujing (py)(1163-1228)
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        |                                        |_Dōgen Eihei (Kigen) (j.), Yung-p'ing Tao-yüan (wg) (1200-1253)---> Japanese Sōtō Order
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        |_Jingyin Zijue/Lumen Zijue (py) (?-1117)

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|_Qingzhou Yibian (py) (1081-1149)

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|_Zizjou Bao (py) (1114-1173)

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|_Wangshan Ti (py) (xx-xx)

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|_ Wansong Xingxiu (py) (1166-1246)

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|_Xueting Fuyu 81203-1275)-----> Shaolin transmission line