Yuquan Shenxiu

Male, Deceased Person

0606 – 0706

92

Who was Yuquan Shenxiu?

Yuquan Shenxiu was one of the most influential Chan Buddhist masters of his day, a patriarch of the "East Mountain Dharma Gate" — the East Mountain Teaching was given the more recent designation as the "Northern School" by Shenhui. Shenxiu was Dharma-heir of Hongren, honoured by Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, and alleged author of the Guan Xin Lun, a text once attributed to Bodhidharma.

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Born
0606
Weishi County
Religion
  • Buddhism
Died
0706

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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