Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan

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Chan Buddhist lineage grouping Chan Buddhist lineage system Chan school classification of Chan sub-schools historical classification of Chan schools

The Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan were the principal lineages and sub-schools of Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhism that crystallized during the Tang and Song dynasties, shaping the later development of Zen in East Asia.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Five Houses of Chan	0
Caodong school	0
Guiyang school	0
Linji school	0
Fayan school	0
Yunmen school	0
Seven Schools of Chan	0
Southern School of Chan	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chan Buddhist lineage grouping ⓘ Chan Buddhist lineage system ⓘ Chan school ⓘ Chan school ⓘ Chan school ⓘ Chan school ⓘ Chan school ⓘ classification of Chan sub-schools ⓘ historical classification of Chan schools ⓘ
associatedWith	koan practice ⓘ monastic institutions ⓘ
consolidatedIn	Song dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreDoctrine	Buddhist meditation practice ⓘ direct realization of Buddha-nature ⓘ emphasis on lineage transmission ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ China ⓘ China ⓘ China ⓘ China ⓘ China ⓘ
culture	Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedIn	Tang dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicRegion	East Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Caodong school NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayan school NERFINISHED ⓘ Five Houses of Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Guiyang school NERFINISHED ⓘ Linji school NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Schools of Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunmen school NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	shaped later development of East Asian Zen ⓘ
influenced	Japanese Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean Seon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Rinzai school of Japanese Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ Sōtō school of Japanese Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Classical Chinese ⓘ
namedAfter	Caoshan Benji NERFINISHED ⓘ Dongshan Liangjie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayan Wenyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Guishan Lingyou NERFINISHED ⓘ Linji Yixuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangshan Huiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunmen Wenyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
subClassOf	Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Hongren → influenced → Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern School of Chan

Guiyang school → memberOf → Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan ⓘ