Lin-chi I-hsüan

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Lin-chi I-hsüan was a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and founder of the Linji school, renowned for his abrupt, iconoclastic teaching style using shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment.

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instanceOf Chan Buddhist master
Chinese Buddhist monk
Zen master
founder of religious school
alternativeName Lin-chi I-hsuan NERFINISHED
Linji Yixuan NERFINISHED
Master Linji NERFINISHED
associatedConcept iconoclasm in Chan teaching
sudden enlightenment
branchOfBuddhism Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 9th century
countryOfCitizenship China
era Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
founderOf Linji school of Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
goalOfTeaching to trigger direct awakening in students
hasLegacy recorded sayings in the Linji lu (Record of Linji)
historicalSignificance major figure in the development of Chinese Chan
source of a principal lineage of East Asian Zen
influenced East Asian Zen practice
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
languageOfExpression Classical Chinese
movement Linji school of Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
nameInPinyin Línjì Yìxuán NERFINISHED
nativeName 臨済義玄 NERFINISHED
notableFor abrupt and iconoclastic teaching style
influence on Rinzai Zen in Japan
use of shouts and blows to provoke enlightenment
occupation Buddhist monk
religious teacher
philosophicalFocus direct realization of Buddha-nature
rejection of attachment to words and scriptures
placeOfActivity China NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
religiousTradition Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
roleInTradition patriarch of the Linji lineage
school Linji school NERFINISHED
teachingMethod blows and physical gestures
paradoxical and abrupt responses
shouts (katsu) to startle students
teachingStyle confrontational
experiential
non-conceptual

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Linji Yixuan alsoKnownAs Lin-chi I-hsüan