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


Although other masters of the Indian Dhyāna tradition (for example Buddhabhadra in 406) did come to China before the sixth century, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Ch'an (Zen) to China. Below is a schematic representation of Bodhidharma's immediate Dharma Heirs.

The Indian Patriarch Lineage
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|_1. Patriarch: Bodhidharma (s.), Bodai Daruma (j.), P'u-ti Ta-mo (wg) (?-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) Shang Kwang (487-593)
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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) (?-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) (580-651)
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|_5. Patriarch: Daiman Kōnin (j.) Ta-man Hung-jên (wg) (602-675)
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|_(Ox Head School) Gozu Hōyū (j.) Niu-tou Fa-yung (wg) (594-657)
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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) (780-841)
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|_6. Patriarch: Daikan Enō (j.) Ta-chien Hui-nêng (wg) (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)




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