Hongren

E277421

Buddhist monk Chan patriarch historical figure

Hongren was a seminal early patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for shaping its meditative teachings and transmission.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hongren canonical	4
Daman Hongren	1
Mazu Daoyi	1
弘忍	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monk ⓘ Chan patriarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
activityEndCentury	7th century ⓘ
activityStartCentury	7th century ⓘ
alternativeName	Hongren ⓘ surface form: Daman Hongren Fifth Patriarch of Chan ⓘ Hung-jen ⓘ
associatedWork	Records of the East Mountain Teachings ⓘ Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch ⓘ surface form: Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind
birthName	Chou ⓘ
coreTeaching	continuous practice of mindfulness ⓘ direct insight into one’s own mind as Buddha-nature ⓘ non-attachment to written scriptures ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	China ⓘ
era	Tang dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Linji lineage ⓘ surface form: Northern School of Chan Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan ⓘ surface form: Southern School of Chan later Zen traditions in East Asia ⓘ
knownFor	emphasis on seated meditation ⓘ integration of meditation with daily activities ⓘ shaping early Chan meditative teachings ⓘ teaching the contemplation of mind ⓘ transmission of the Chan patriarchal lineage ⓘ
languageOfTeachings	Classical Chinese ⓘ
movement	East Mountain Teaching ⓘ
nativeName	Hongren self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 弘忍
notableStudent	Farong ⓘ Huineng ⓘ Laoang ⓘ surface form: Laoan Shenxiu ⓘ Yuan ⓘ
pinyinName	Hóngrěn ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Huangmei, Hubei, China ⓘ
positionHeld	Fifth Patriarch of Chan ⓘ surface form: Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
positionInLineage	fifth patriarch in the traditional Chan lineage ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
residence	East Mountain (Huangmei, Hubei) ⓘ
school	Chan Buddhism ⓘ Zen ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
teacher	Daoxin ⓘ
tradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism
veneratedIn	Chan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Chinese Chan Buddhism Zen Buddhism in Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese Zen Buddhism Korean Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Korean Seon Buddhism Vietnamese Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → associatedMonk → Hongren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mazu Daoyi

Daoxin → student → Hongren ⓘ

Daoxin → influenced → Hongren ⓘ

Hongren → nativeName → Hongren self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 弘忍

Hongren → alternativeName → Hongren ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daman Hongren

Huineng → teacher → Hongren ⓘ