School: Niutou | 635-702 | Teacher: Niutou Huifang | Students: Oxhead Zhiwei
Fourth patriarch of the Niutou school, bridging Huifang and Zhiwei. He maintained the community at Mount Niutou during the period when Shenxiu's Northern school was ascendant. He deepened the school's integration of Madhyamaka emptiness with Chan practice.
References: Wikipedia (Oxhead school) | CBETA (Chuandeng Lu)
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