Guiyang school
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The Guiyang school ({{zh|c=潙仰宗|p=Guīyǎng Zōng}}, also read Weiyang SchoolSee, e.g., {{cite book |title= Infinite Compassion, Endless Wisdom: The Practice of the Bodhisattva Path|last= Hsing Yun |author-link=Hsing Yun |year= 2009|publisher=Buddha's Light Publishing |isbn=978-1-932293-36-4 |page=37 |access-date=August 9, 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSNDEf7PH3cC&q=%22weiyang+school%22&pg=PA37}}) is one of the schools of Chan Buddhism.
History
The Guiyang school was the first established house of the Five Houses of Chán.{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Andrew E. |title=Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings |year=2000 |publisher=Wisdom Publications |location=Somerville MA |isbn=0-86171-163-7 |pages=126–127}} Guiyang is named after master Guishan Lingyou (771–854) and his disciple, Yangshan Huiji (813–890).
Guishan was a disciple of Baizhang Huaihai, the Chan master whose disciples included Huangbo Xiyun, who in turn taught Linji Yixuan, founder of the Linji school.Ven. Jian Hu. "Buddhism in the Modern World" Stanford University, May 25, 2006, p. 1 After founding the Guiyang School, Yangshan moved his school to what is now modern Jiangxi.
The Guiyang school is distinct from the other schools in many ways, notably in its use of esoteric metaphors and imagery in the school's kōans and other teachings.
Lineage
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Absorption into the Linji school
Over the course of the Song dynasty (960–1279), the Guiyang school, along with the Fayan and Yunmen schools were absorbed into the Linji school. Xuyun attempted to revive these absorbed lineages and succeeded in the case of the Guiyang school.
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Further reading
- {{Citation | last =Poceski | first =Mario | year =2005 | title =Guishan jingce (Guishan's Admonitions) and the Ethical Foundations of Chan Practice. In: Steven Heine & Dale S. Wright, "Zen Classics: Formative Texts In The History Of Zen Buddhism" | publisher =Oxford University Press}}
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