Jie’an Chen 芥菴琛

School: Linji | Teacher: Muchen Daomin

Qing Chan master of Xingshan at Jiangshan (Zhongshan) in Jinling, styled Jie'an, personal name Chen; a native of Xiangtan, surname Li. Raised a Confucian, he was awakened to the illusoriness of worldly toil by the dynastic collapse of 1644-45, was tonsured by Buyun of Taohua shan, travelled to many teachers, and finally received transmission certification as an in-room true son of Hongjue (Muchen Daomin), after which he came forth at Xingshan in Jinling.

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