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Guishan Lingyou
Also known as Isan Reiyû · Kuei-shan Ling-yu · Isan
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Baizhang Huaihai
- Born
- 771
- Died
- 853
- Source records
- 5
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Kicking Over the Water JugMumonkan · CASE 40
- Tokusan Carrying His BundleHekiganroku · CASE 4
- Tetsuma, the CowHekiganroku · CASE 24
- Isan's “Speak, Master”Hekiganroku · CASE 70
- Kyôzan Thrusts His Hoe into the GroundShoyoroku · CASE 15
- Isan's “Karma-Consciousness”Shoyoroku · CASE 37
- Tetsuma, the CowShoyoroku · CASE 60
- Dôgo's Nursing the IllShoyoroku · CASE 83
- Sozan’s “Being and Non-being”Shoyoroku · CASE 87
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Baizhang Huaihaichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
Students and successors
- Lingyun Zhiqinchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Jingzhao Mihuchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Yangshan Huijichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Xiangyan Zhixianchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Liu Tiemochan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
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
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- Guishan Lingyou ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 143 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Guishan Lingyou ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 73 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Guishan Lingyou ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 43 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Guishan Lingyou ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 5, row 6 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Guishan Lingyou ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 6, row 6 · retrieved 2026-08-23