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Caoshan Benji
Also known as Sôzan Honjaku · Ts'ao-shan Pen-chi · Sôzan
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Dongshan Liangjie
- Born
- 840
- Died
- 901
- Source records
- 5
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Seizei, Alone and PoorMumonkan · CASE 10
- Bodhidharma's “Vast and Void”Shoyoroku · CASE 2
- Sôzan's “Dharma-body”Shoyoroku · CASE 52
- Misshi and the White RabbitShoyoroku · CASE 56
- Sôzan's Filial FulfillmentShoyoroku · CASE 73
- Tôzan's “Keenly with It”Shoyoroku · CASE 98
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Dongshan Liangjiechan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
Students and successors
No successor claim is present in the seed sources.
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.
- Caoshan Benji ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 242 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Caoshan Benji ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 15 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Caoshan Benji ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 81 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Caoshan Benji ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 4, row 8 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Caoshan Benji ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 9, row 8 · retrieved 2026-08-23