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Zhaozhou Congshen
Also known as Chao-chou Ts'ung-shên · Chao-chou Ts’ung- · Jôshû Jûshin · shên · Jôshû
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Nanquan Puyuan
- Born
- 778
- Died
- 879 · 897
- Source records
- 4
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Jōshū’s Three Turning WordsMiscellaneous Koans · CASE 18
- Jôshû's DogMumonkan · CASE 1
- Jôshû's “Wash Your Bowls”Mumonkan · CASE 7
- Jôshû Examines the HermitsMumonkan · CASE 11
- Nansen Kills the CatMumonkan · CASE 14
- Ordinary Mind Is the WayMumonkan · CASE 19
- Jôshû Sees Through an Old WomanMumonkan · CASE 31
- The Oak Tree in the GardenMumonkan · CASE 37
- Jôshû's Supreme WayHekiganroku · CASE 2
- Jôshû's Four GatesHekiganroku · CASE 9
- Jôshû's “Giant Radishes”Hekiganroku · CASE 30
- Jôshû's “Great Death”Hekiganroku · CASE 41
- Jôshû's “Cloth Robe”Hekiganroku · CASE 45
- Jôshû's Stone BridgeHekiganroku · CASE 52
- Jôshû and the “Bumpkin”Hekiganroku · CASE 57
- Jôshû and the “Pitfall”Hekiganroku · CASE 58
- Jôshû's “Supreme Way”Hekiganroku · CASE 59
- Jôshû and the SandalsHekiganroku · CASE 64
- Ukyû's Blind StickHekiganroku · CASE 75
- Jôshû and a “Newborn Infant”Hekiganroku · CASE 80
- Jôshû's Three Turning WordsHekiganroku · CASE 96
- Nansen Kills a CatShoyoroku · CASE 9
- An Old Woman near TaizanShoyoroku · CASE 10
- Jôshû's DogShoyoroku · CASE 18
- Jôshû's “Wash Your Bowls”Shoyoroku · CASE 39
- Jôshû's “Oak Tree in the Garden”Shoyoroku · CASE 47
- Gon'yô's One “Thing”Shoyoroku · CASE 57
- Jôshû Asks about “Death”Shoyoroku · CASE 63
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Nanquan Puyuanchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
Students and successors
- Yanyang Shanxinchan 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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- Zhaozhou Congshen ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 153 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Zhaozhou Congshen ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 222 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Zhaozhou Congshen ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 48 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Zhaozhou Congshen ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 5, row 6 · retrieved 2026-08-23