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Mazu Daoyi
Also known as Baso Dôitsu · Daji · Ma-tsu Tao-i · Baso · Great Master Ba · Master Ba
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Mapped lineage from
- Nanyue Huairang
- Born
- 709
- Died
- 788
- Source records
- 8
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Mind is BuddhaMumonkan · CASE 30
- Non-Mind, Non-BuddhaMumonkan · CASE 33
- Master Ba Is UnwellHekiganroku · CASE 3
- Kasan's “Beating the Drum”Hekiganroku · CASE 44
- Hyakujô and a Wild DuckHekiganroku · CASE 53
- Ba and “One Hundred Negations“Hekiganroku · CASE 73
- Master Ba's “White and Black”Shoyoroku · CASE 6
- Mayoku Shook the Ring-StaffShoyoroku · CASE 16
- Master Ba Is IllShoyoroku · CASE 36
- The Wisdom in the Kegon SutraShoyoroku · CASE 67
- Chûyû's “Monkey”Shoyoroku · CASE 72
- Kyôzan Speaks OutShoyoroku · CASE 90
- The Thirty-sixth Ancestor, Kôdô DaishiDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 37
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Nanyue Huairangchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
Students and successors
- Wujiu Youxuanchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Zhangjing Huaiyunchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Yanguan Qianchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Zhongyi Hongenchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Xitang Zhizangchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Panshan Baojichan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Nanquan Puyuanchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Pangyunchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Guizong Zhichangchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Luzu Baoyunchan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Baizhang Huaihailineage list predecessor · source asserted unverified
- Mayu Baochechan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Damei Fachangchan 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.
- Mazu Daoyi, "Daji" ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 73 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Mazu Daoyi ↗romanization crosswalk · romanization table line 125 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Mazu Daoyi ↗pdf lineage entry · page 1, extracted line 19 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Mazu Daoyi ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, ancestor box 16 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Mazu Daoyi ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 3, row 5 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Mazu Daoyi ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 5, row 4 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Mazu Daoyi ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 6, row 4 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Mazu Daoyi ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 8, row 4 · retrieved 2026-08-23