School: Caodong | 1203-1275 | Teacher: Wansong Xingxiu | Students: Lingyin Wentai
Most historically consequential heir of Wansong. Appointed by Kublai Khan to restore Shaolin Monastery, where he installed the Caodong lineage as the dominant transmission. Composed the 70-character generation poem still used to name Shaolin monks today, institutionalizing the lineage. Through him, Wansong's line became the 'unbroken' Shaolin Caodong transmission surviving to the present.
References: Wikipedia | Terebess
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