Imported record · review pending
Yunmen Wenyan
Also known as Ummon Bun'en · Yün-men Wen-yen · Unmon
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Xuefeng Yicun
- Born
- 864
- Died
- 949
- Source records
- 5
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Tôzan's Sixty BlowsMumonkan · CASE 15
- The Sound of the Bell and the Seven-Panel RobeMumonkan · CASE 16
- Unmon's “Shit-Stick”Mumonkan · CASE 21
- Unmon and a Mistake in SpeechMumonkan · CASE 39
- Kempô's One WayMumonkan · CASE 48
- Unmon's “Good Day”Hekiganroku · CASE 6
- Suigan's EyebrowsHekiganroku · CASE 8
- Unmon's “One Preaches Accordingly”Hekiganroku · CASE 14
- Unmon's “Eactly So”Hekiganroku · CASE 15
- Seppô's “Turtle-nosed Snake”Hekiganroku · CASE 22
- The Hermit of Lotus PeakHekiganroku · CASE 25
- Unmon's “Complete Exposure”Hekiganroku · CASE 27
- Kyôzan's “Not Wandering”Hekiganroku · CASE 34
- Unmon's “Flowering Hedge”Hekiganroku · CASE 39
- Unmon's “Six “Hekiganroku · CASE 47
- Unmon's and the “Dust-Dust Samadhi”Hekiganroku · CASE 50
- Unmon Stretches His ArmsHekiganroku · CASE 54
- Unmon's StaffHekiganroku · CASE 60
- Unmon's “One Treasure”Hekiganroku · CASE 62
- Unmon's “Pitta”Hekiganroku · CASE 77
- The Old Buddha and a PillarHekiganroku · CASE 83
- Unmon's “Bright Light”Hekiganroku · CASE 86
- Unmon's “Medicine and Disease”Hekiganroku · CASE 87
- Gensha's “Three Diseases”Hekiganroku · CASE 88
- Unmon's “Two Diseases”Shoyoroku · CASE 11
- Unmon's “Mt. Sumeru”Shoyoroku · CASE 19
- Ungan Sweeps the GroundShoyoroku · CASE 21
- Seppô's “Look at the Snake”Shoyoroku · CASE 24
- Kyôzan Points to SnowShoyoroku · CASE 26
- Unmon's “Pillar”Shoyoroku · CASE 31
- Unmon's “White and Black”Shoyoroku · CASE 40
- Tokusan's “Study Accomplished”Shoyoroku · CASE 46
- Kempô's “One Line”Shoyoroku · CASE 61
- Shishô's “Succession”Shoyoroku · CASE 64
- Suigan's “Eyebrows”Shoyoroku · CASE 71
- Unmon's “Rice Cake”Shoyoroku · CASE 78
- Unmon's: “Sound” and “Color”Shoyoroku · CASE 82
- Unmon's “One Treasure”Shoyoroku · CASE 92
- Unmon's “Bowl and Pail”Shoyoroku · CASE 99
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Xuefeng Yicunchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
Students and successors
- Deshan Yuanmichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Xianglin Chengyuanchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Baling Haojianchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Fengxian Daoshenchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Dongshan Shouchuchan 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
These links support the imported fields; they do not imply that Koan Commons independently verified every claim.
- Yunmen Wenyan ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 283 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Yunmen Wenyan ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 218 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Yunmen Wenyan ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 95 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Yunmen Wenyan ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 4, row 9 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Yunmen Wenyan ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 7, row 9 · retrieved 2026-08-23