Xishan Liang 西山亮

School: Linji | Teacher: Dun'an Zongyan

Southern Song Chan master, abbot of Qingzhen cloister in Jiankang (from 1211) and later of Lingyin cloister in Qingyuanfu. His recorded sayings were compiled by his attendants Juexin and Zhiqing; the preface is dated 1243 and Wuzhun Shifan supplied a colophon. He calls Dahui Zonggao his 師祖 (teacher's teacher), which fixes him two generations below Dahui, and he composed a lament for Dun'an (遯庵宗演), a direct Dahui heir.

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