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Dajian Huineng
Also known as Caoxi · Daikan Enô · Enō · Hui-neng · Huineng · Ta-chien Hui-nêng · Sixth Patriarch
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Daman Hongren
- Born
- 638
- Died
- 713
- Source records
- 14
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Think Neither Good Nor EvilMumonkan · CASE 23
- Not the Wind, Not the FlagMumonkan · CASE 29
- Unmon's “Eactly So”Hekiganroku · CASE 15
- The National Teacher's TombstoneHekiganroku · CASE 18
- Nansen Draws a CircleHekiganroku · CASE 69
- Rinzai's “Blind Donkey”Shoyoroku · CASE 13
- The Thirty-third Ancestor, Daikan ZenjiDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 34
- The Thirty-fourth Ancestor, Kôsai DaishiDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 35
- The Thirty-fifth Ancestor, Musai DaishiDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 36
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Daman Hongrentraditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
Students and successors
- Nangaku Ejōtraditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
- Nanyue Huairanglineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified
- Yongjia Xuanjuechan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Nanyang Huizhongchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Qingyuan Xingsichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Heze Shenhuichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Seigen Gyōshitraditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
Relationship labels preserve the meaning used by each source; they are not automatically equivalent to Dharma transmission.
Communities and resources
Affiliations listed by sources
No organization affiliation is present in the seed sources.
Further reading
No additional resource link is present.
Citation ledger
Where this record came from
These links support the imported fields; they do not imply that Koan Commons independently verified every claim.
- Dajian Huineng, "Caoxi" ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 43 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Dajian Huineng ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 34 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Daikan Enō ↗traditional lineage chart node · visible text line 70 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Dajian Huineng ↗pdf lineage entry · page 1, extracted line 17 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Dajian Huineng ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 6 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Huìnéng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 2, row 8 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 3, row 3 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 4, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 5, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 6, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 7, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 8, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 9, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Huineng ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 10, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23