Hongzhou zong
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Hongzhou zong (Chinese: 洪州宗; pinyin: Hóngzhōu Zōng), or "Hongzhou school", was a Chan school of the Tang dynasty period (618–907), which started with Mazu Daoyi and included key figures Dazhu Huihai, Baizhang Huaihai, his student Huangbo Xiyun, Nanquan Puyuan and his student Zhaozhou Congshen.[1]
The name Hongzhou refers to the Tang dynasty province that was located in the northern part of present-day Jiangxi province (the area around Nanchang). Mazu taught here during his last years and some of his disciples also taught in this region.[2]
During the Song dynasty (960–1279), many texts were written which constructed encounter dialogues that included Hongzhou school masters as the main characters. These texts present them as iconoclastic and antinomian figures. However, modern scholars do not consider these later Song sources as reliable depictions of these historical figures.[3]
Further reading
Hongzhou school, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ Poceski (2007), p. 7.
- ↑ Poceski (2007), p. 15.
- ↑ McRae 2003, p. 19.
Sources
- McRae, John (2003), Seeing Through Zen. Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism, The University Press Group Ltd, ISBN 9780520237988
- Poceski, Mario (2007), Ordinary Mind as the Way: The Hongzhou School and the Growth of Chan Buddhism, Oxford University Press
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