Xuyun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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虛雲 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Xuyun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Honorary President of the Buddhist Association of China | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 September 1840 (reputedly) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 October 1959 (Aged 119 years, 48 days) Zhenru Temple, Jiangxi, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Chan Buddhism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Weiyang school Linji school Caodong school Yunmen school Fayan school | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lineage | 8th generation of Weiyang school 43rd generation of Linji school 8th generation of Fayan school 47th generation of Caodong school 12th generation of Yunmen school | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Temple | Zhenru Temple (Jiangxi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior posting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher | Changkai Yung Ching Miaolian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 虛雲 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 虚云 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蕭古巖 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 萧古岩 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xuyun or Hsu Yun (simplified Chinese: 虚云; traditional Chinese: 虛雲; pinyin: Xūyún; 5 September 1840? – 13 October 1959)[1] was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries.[2]
- ^ Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale Steward (2010), Zen Masters, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 92. ISBN 9780199777181
- ^ Buswell, Robert Jr; Lopez, Donald S. Jr., eds. (2013). "Xuyun", in Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 1017. ISBN 9780691157863.