|_Vinitaruci (? - 594) brought Ch'an to North Vietnam in ca. 580 ------>
|_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)