Second Patriarch of Chan

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Buddhist monk Chan patriarch historical figure

The Second Patriarch of Chan is the early Chinese Buddhist master who succeeded Bodhidharma and helped establish the foundational lineage and teachings of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Second Patriarch of Zen	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monk ⓘ Chan patriarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
associatedWith	Northern Wei dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaolin Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ early Chinese Chan community ⓘ
coreTeaching	direct transmission of mind-to-mind enlightenment ⓘ emphasis on meditation over scripture ⓘ sudden awakening ⓘ
countryOfActivity	China NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicity	partly legendary in traditional accounts ⓘ
knownFor	being recognized as Bodhidharma’s Dharma heir ⓘ receiving Bodhidharma’s robe and bowl in Chan legend ⓘ
languageContext	Classical Chinese hagiographies ⓘ
name	Huike NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInLineage	second patriarch of Chan ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
role	foundational figure in Chan lineage ⓘ transmitter of Bodhidharma’s teachings ⓘ
sourceTradition	Chan transmission records ⓘ Lamp histories of Chan NERFINISHED ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence	development of early Chan doctrine ⓘ formation of Chan patriarchal lineage narratives ⓘ
successor	Sengcan NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorOf	Bodhidharma NERFINISHED ⓘ
teacher	Bodhidharma NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Second Patriarch of Chinese Chan ⓘ Second Patriarch of Zen (in Japanese tradition) ⓘ
tradition	Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
transliteration	慧可 NERFINISHED ⓘ
veneratedIn	Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese Zen ⓘ Korean Seon NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Huike → positionHeld → Second Patriarch of Chan ⓘ

Huike → honorificTitle → Second Patriarch of Chan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Patriarch of Zen