Yuquan Shenxiu was one of the most influential Chan masters of his day, a Patriarch of the East Mountain Teaching of Chan Buddhism. Shenxiu was Dharma heir of Daman Hongren (601-674), honoured by Wu Zetian of the Tang dynasty, and the putative author of the Guan Xin Lun, a text once attributed to Bodhidharma.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 606 to 706 · aged 100
Written about in
10 languages
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