Daoyuan

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Daoyuan was a Chinese Buddhist monk and historian best known for compiling the influential Chan (Zen) lineage text "Records of the Transmission of the Lamp."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
Chan Buddhist
Chinese person
historian
countryOfCitizenship China
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fieldOfWork Buddhist historiography
Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
religious history
genre Buddhist biography
religious history
hasCulturalSignificance important figure in the textual formation of Chan identity
hasRoleIn codification of Chan lineage narratives
influenced Song-dynasty Chan historiography
Zen lineage traditions in East Asia
later Chan lineage records
knownFor compiling Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
systematizing Chan patriarchal lineages
languageOfWorkOrName Classical Chinese
movement Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
notability compiler of an influential Chan lineage text
notableWork Records of the Transmission of the Lamp NERFINISHED
occupation Buddhist monk
historian
religious writer
religion Buddhism
Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
workFocusesOn Chan patriarchs NERFINISHED
biographies of Chan masters
transmission of the Dharma

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