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Yuquan Shenxiu | |
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| Title | Chan Master |
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| Born | 606 / 607? Luoyang, Henan, China |
| Died | February 28, 706 or April 15, 706 China |
| Religion | Chan Buddhism |
| School | East Mountain Teaching |
| Senior posting | |
| Predecessor | Daman Hongren |
Yuquan Shenxiu (Chinese: 玉泉神秀; pinyin: Yùquán Shénxiù; Wade–Giles: Yü-ch'üan Shen-hsiu, 606?–706) was one of the most influential Chan masters of his day, a Patriarch[1] of the East Mountain Teaching of Chan Buddhism. Shenxiu was Dharma heir of Daman Hongren (601–674), honoured by Wu Zetian (r. 690–705) of the Tang dynasty, and the putative author of the Guan Xin Lun (Treatise on the Contemplation of the Mind, written between 675 and 700[2]), a text once attributed to Bodhidharma.[3]