Shui'an Yi 臨安府淨慈水庵師一禪師

School: Linji | 1107–1176 | Teacher: Yuwang Duanyu | Students: Xi'an Daguan

Shui'an Shiyi (1107–1176), a native of Wuzhou surnamed Ma, ordained at sixteen. He first studied under Duanyu at Xuefeng, who probed him with the 'hiding the body leaving no trace' story; after several days he presented a verse ('The old mirror needs no polishing to shine of itself') and, pressed further, answered 'The stone tiger has swallowed the wooden lamb' — which Duanyu firmly approved. He later became abbot of Jingci in Lin'an and had four dharma heirs.

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