Dahui Zonggao

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Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Chan master
Linji school monk
Song dynasty person
Zen master
associatedConcept critical phrase of a koan
birthDate 1089
century 12th century
countryOfCitizenship China
deathDate 1163
era Song dynasty
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
honorificTitle Dahui Zonggao self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dahui
influenced Rinzai
surface form: Japanese Rinzai Zen

Korean Buddhism
surface form: Korean Seon Buddhism

later koan practice traditions
knownFor integration of meditation and daily life
letters to lay disciples
teaching lay practitioners
legacy major figure in Linji school history
systematization of kanhua meditation
lineage Linji lineage
meditationTechnique hua tou practice
kanhua Chan
nativeLanguage Chinese
notableFor critique of silent illumination Chan
emphasis on koan practice
popularizing hua tou practice
promotion of kanhua Chan
opposedPractice silent illumination Chan
philosophicalFocus direct realization of enlightenment
sudden enlightenment
placeOfActivity Hangzhou
surface form: Hangzhou region

Southern Song
surface form: Southern Song China
position abbot
religion Buddhism
schoolOfBuddhism Chan Buddhism
Zen
secularName Xi
studentOf Yuanwu Keqin
teacher Yuanwu Keqin
teachingMethod strong exhortations to practice
use of koan critical phrases
tradition Linji lineage
surface form: Linji school
viewOnScriptures emphasized direct experience over textual study
wrote instructions on hua tou investigation
letters on Chan practice

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Chan Buddhism associatedMonk Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao honorificTitle Dahui Zonggao self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dahui