# Kangan Giin

> Kangan Giin was a disciple of Dōgen and the founder of the Higo school of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. It has been claimed that his father was Emperor Go-Toba or Emperor Juntoku. He did much evangelization work in Kyūshū, where he founded Daiji-ji (大慈寺) in Kumamoto. Before practicing with Dōgen, Giin started his Buddhist path as a Tendai monk. He later abandoned that school and became a member of Daruma School under Kakuzen Ekan. Along with his fellow students Tettsū Gikai and Gien, Giin became a student of Dōgen when Giin's teacher Ekan himself became a student of Dōgen. Dōgen died without giving dharma transmission to Giin, but he received it later from Dōgen's primary disciple, Koun Ejō.

*Japanese Buddhist monk*

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## Identity
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1217
- **Died:** 1300-10-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Sources
- [Kangan Giin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangan_Giin)
- [Kangan Giin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangan_Giin)
- [Kangan Giin](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangan_Giin)
- [寒巌義尹](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%92%E5%B7%8C%E7%BE%A9%E5%B0%B9)
- [Kangan Giin](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangan_Giin)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3192646)

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