Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan
E940289
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan canonical | 1 |
| Southern School of Chan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan Context triple: [Guiyang school, memberOf, Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan]
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A.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
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B.
Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record is a classic 11th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan anthology, widely studied for its profound teachings and influential commentaries on enlightenment.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Classified Conversations of Master Zhu
Classified Conversations of Master Zhu is a collected record of the sayings, discussions, and teachings of the influential Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi.
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E.
School of Names
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan Target entity description: 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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A.
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch is a foundational Chan Buddhist scripture attributed to Huineng that expounds the doctrine of sudden enlightenment and the nature of mind.
-
B.
Blue Cliff Record
The Blue Cliff Record is a classic 11th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan anthology, widely studied for its profound teachings and influential commentaries on enlightenment.
-
C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
-
D.
Classified Conversations of Master Zhu
Classified Conversations of Master Zhu is a collected record of the sayings, discussions, and teachings of the influential Song-dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhu Xi.
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E.
School of Names
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist lineage grouping
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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
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monastic institutions ⓘ |
| consolidatedIn | Song dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
Buddhist meditation practice
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direct realization of Buddha-nature ⓘ emphasis on lineage transmission ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
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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
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern School of Chan