Zhaozhou Congshen
Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn | |
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Woodcut from Fozu zhengzong daoying (1880) | |
| Title | Ch'an-shih |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 778 |
| Died | 897 (aged 118–119) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Ch'an |
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| Chinese | 趙州從諗 | ||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Triệu Châu Tùng Thẩm | ||||||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 趙州從諗 | ||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 조주종심 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 趙州從諗 | ||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 趙州従諗 | ||||||||||||||
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Zhaozhou Congshen (Chinese: 趙州從諗; pinyin: Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn; Wade–Giles: Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen'; Japanese: 趙州従諗, romanized: Jōshū Jūshin; 778–897) was a Chán (Zen) Buddhist master who appears frequently in the koans of the Mumonkan and the Blue Cliff Record.