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Shenxiu

Record IDcnp00546910

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00546910

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Chines. Zen-Meister (in Pinyin)

More Information

Further Biographical Dataca. 605?-706

ActivityPersonen zu allgemeiner und vergleichender Religionswissenschaft, Personen zu nichtchristlichen Religionen (3.1p) (sswd)

Chines. Zen-Meister (in Pinyin)(in Pinyin)

Geographic NoteCN (iso3166)

China

Names

HeadingShenxiu
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameDaitsū-zenshi

Datongchanshi

Jinshū, Mönch

Shen-hsiu

Sinsu

Ta-t'ung-ch'an-shih

Taet'ong-sŏnsa

Sources

Found inM/Reg., Lex. östl. Weisheit, Zengaku-daijiten (Großwb. d. Zen-Lehre)

Shenxiu (ca. 7th and 8th centuries CE), Chinese Zen Buddhist teacher. According to traditional histories of the later Zen schools, Shenxiu was the heir apparent of the 5th Patriarch of Chinese Zen, and became a jealous rival when Huineng was selected instead of him to become the 6th Patriarch. According to Shenxiu's supporters, Shenxiu was the true 6th Patriarch. Shenxiu's supporters formed the "Northern School", while Huineng's supporters (especially after his death), became the "Southern School". Ultimately, the Southern School proved more successful in cultivating support, and so this became the root of subsequent mainstream Zen schools, with Shenxiu officially seen as a pretender. Image taken from http://www.fgs.org.tw/
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