Tradition Institution Buddhist traditions
Chan Buddhism
𑀛𑀸𑀦 pi 中国禅宗 zh 中国の禅 ja
Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Also called Chinese Chán, Chinese Zen, Zen in China
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 8
Many paths. Shared histories.
8 branches recorded under Chan Buddhism, one step down, as the records give them.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- Caodong school A Chinese Chan Buddhist sect, one of the Five Houses of Chán
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Linji school A school of Chinese Chán named after Linji Yixuan, one of the Five Houses of Chán -
Vietnamese Thiền Vietnamese version of Chan Buddhism - Fayan school A Chinese Chan Buddhist sect, one of the Five Houses of Chán
- Guiyang school A Chinese Chan Buddhist sect, one of the Five Houses of Chán
- East Mountain Teaching School of Buddhism developed in 8th century China
- Yunmen School A Chinese Chan Buddhist sect, one of the Five Houses of Chán
- Five Houses of Chán Five major schools of Chan Buddhism that originated during Tang China
Figures · 1
Begin with a figure
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 1 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
An affiliation recorded on a person is a third party’s record, often of one period of a life — not that person’s belief at every point in it.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Places · 5
Places and sites
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 5 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A place that names a tradition may be a temple or a whole province. Either way it is not a count of believers, and not evidence of practice in every period.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Shaolin Monastery
Chan Buddhist temple in Dengfeng county, Henan, China -
Tanzhe Temple
Building in Mentougou District, Beijing, China -
Pagoda of Cishou Temple
Building in Haidian District, China -
Wanfu Temple
Temple in Fuqing, Fujian, China
Connections
How Chan Buddhism connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
3 statements on this record
- 3 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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