Ingen

Ingen Ryūki
Yinyuan Longqi
Portrait of Ingen Ryūki from 1671
Personal
Born
Lin Zengbing

(1592-12-07)December 7, 1592
DiedMay 19, 1673(1673-05-19) (aged 80)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolChan
LineageLinji school

Ingen Ryūki (traditional Chinese: 隱元隆琦; pinyin: Yǐnyuán Lóngqí; Japanese: 隠元隆琦) (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China.[1] He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan.

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ingen" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 387., p. 387, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File Archived 2012-05-24 at archive.today.