Browse Zen master profiles with biographical details, lineage connections, school affiliations, and corpus text appearances.
| Name | Chinese | School | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anguo Hongtan | 安國弘瑫 | Shitou | |
| Azi Jinwu | 阿字今無 | Caodong | d. 1681 |
| Baegun Gyeonghan | 白雲景閑 | Korean Seon | 1298-1374 |
| Bai Juyi | 白居易 | Chan | 772-846 |
| Baichi Xingyuan | 百癡元 | Linji | d. 1662 |
| Baishan Dekai | 柏山德楷 | Caodong | d. 1702 |
| Baiyan Fu | 白巖位中淨符 | Caodong | |
| Baiyu Jingsi | 百愚淨斯 | Caodong | d. 1665 |
| Baiyun Shouduan | 白雲守端 | Linji | 1025-1072 |
| Baiyun Zhidu | 白雲智度 | Linji | d. 1370 |
| Baiyun Zhizuo | 白雲智作 | Shitou | |
| Baizhang Daoheng | 百丈道恒 | Fayan | d. 991 |
| Baizhang Huaihai | 百丈懷海 | Hongzhou | 720-814 |
| Baizhang Weizheng | 百丈惟政 | Hongzhou | |
| Baizhang Yuansu | 百丈元肅 | Linji | |
| Baizhao Tonghui Gui | 白兆山通慧珪 | Yunmen | |
| Bajiao Huiqing | 芭蕉慧清 | Guiyang | 890-950 |
| Baling Haojian | 巴陵顥鑒 | Yunmen | 910-970 |
| Banshui Fayuan | 半水發元 | Linji | d. 1691 |
| Bao'en Huiming | 報恩慧明 | Fayan | d. 954 |
| Baochi Xuanzong | 寶持玄總 | Linji | |
| Baoci Guangyun | 報慈光雲慧覺 | Shitou | |
| Baoci Wensui | 報慈文遂 | Fayan | |
| Baoci Xingyan | 報慈行言 | Fayan | |
| Baoen Cheng | 報恩成 | Linji | |
| Baoen Tan | 報恩譚 | Yunmen | |
| Baoen Xuanze | 報恩玄則 | Fayan | 920-957 |
| Baofang Jin | 寶芳進 | Linji | d. 1519 |
| Baofeng Mingxuan | 寶峰明瑄 | Linji | 1420-1472 |
| Baofu Congzhan | 保福從展 | Chan | 860-928 |
| Baohua Pujian | 寶華普鑑 | Linji | d. 1144 |
| Baohua Xian | 寶華顯 | Linji | |
| Baoning Jueyin Ziying | 保寧覺印子英 | Yunmen | d. 1117 |
| Baoning Renyong | 保寧仁勇 | Linji | |
| Baoshou Yanzhao | 保壽延沼 | Linji | 830-888 |
| Baoshou Zhao | 寶壽沼 | Linji | |
| Baotang Wuzhu | 保唐無住 | Chan | 714-774 |
| Baowen Hongyin | 寶文洪印 | Linji | |
| Baoyue Tan | 寶月潭 | Linji | |
| Baoyue Zhiying | 百丈智映 | Yunmen | |
| Baozang Puchi | 寶藏普持 | Linji | |
| Beichan Zhixian | 北禪智賢 | Yunmen | |
| Beijian Jujian | 北磵居簡 | Linji | d. 1246 |
| Benxi | 本谿和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Beomil | 梵日 | Korean Seon | 810-889 |
| Beomnang | 法朗 | Korean Seon | 632-646 |
| Bianlong | 支提辯隆 | Fayan | |
| Bianrong | 遍融 | Chan | 1500-1580 |
| Bie'an Xingtong | 別庵性統 | Linji | d. 1717 |
| Biefeng | 別峰 | Linji | |
| Biemu Chun | 別牧純 | Caodong | |
| Bifeng Qingyun | 碧峰清雲 | Chan | |
| Binya Jian | 斌雅鑑 | Linji | |
| Bodhidharma | 菩提達磨 | Early Chan | 500-535 |
| Buhui Fatong | 不會法通 | Linji | |
| Buhyu Seonsu | 浮休善修 | Korean Seon | 1543-1615 |
| Butui Yong | 不退行勇 | Linji | d. 1655 |
| Buyan Daole | 不厭道樂 | Linji | |
| Buyong Yeonggwan | 芙蓉靈觀 | Korean Seon | 1485-1571 |
| Byeogam Gakseong | 碧巖覺性 | Korean Seon | 1575-1660 |
| Byeokgye Jeongsim | 碧溪淨心 | Korean Seon | 1450-1492 |
| Byeoksong Jieom | 碧松智嚴 | Korean Seon | 1464-1534 |
| Ca'an Fayi | 草菴法義 | Caodong | |
| Caoshan Baoji Xiong | 曹山寶積雄 | Yunmen | |
| Caoshan Benji | 曹山 | Caodong | 840-901 |
| Caotang Shanqing | 草堂善清 | Linji | d. 1142 |
| Chaling Yushan Zhu | 茶陵郁山主 | Linji | |
| Changling Shouzhuo | 長靈守卓 | Linji | d. 1124 |
| Changlu Timing | 長蘆體明 | Yunmen | |
| Changlu Yingfu | 長蘆應夫 | Yunmen | |
| Changlu Zongze | 長蘆宗賾 | Yunmen | d. 1107 |
| Changming Xingjiong | 長明性炅 | Linji | d. 1668 |
| Changmu Guangdian | 長目光電 | Linji | d. 1685 |
| Changqing Da'an | 長慶大安 | Hongzhou | 793-883 |
| Changqing Huileng | 長慶慧稜 | Chan | 854-932 |
| Changsha Jingcen | 長沙景岑 | Hongzhou | 820-868 |
| Changshou Pengyan | 長壽朋彥 | Fayan | d. 961 |
| Changzi Kuang | 長髭曠 | Shitou | |
| Chaozong Huifang | 禾山超宗慧方 | Linji | d. 1129 |
| Chaozong Tongren | 朝宗通忍 | Linji | d. 1648 |
| Chejing | 體澄 | Korean Seon | 804-880 |
| Chenghui Xianxu | 澄慧咸詡 | Linji | |
| Chengtian Chuanzong | 承天傳宗 | Yunmen | |
| Chengtian Cique | 承天辭確 | Guiyang | |
| Chengtian Weijian | 承天惟簡 | Yunmen | |
| Chengxin Shengzong | 稱心省倧 | Yunmen | |
| Cheongbong Geoan | 靑峰巨岸 | Korean Seon | 1710-1793 |
| Cheonyeong | 天英 | Korean Seon | 1215-1286 |
| Chijue Daochong | 癡絕道沖 | Linji | d. 1250 |
| Chisong Daoling | 赤松道領 | Linji | |
| Chongzhen Master | 益州崇真和尚 | Caodong | |
| Chuanzi Decheng | 船子德誠 | Chan | 800-860 |
| Chulin Shangrui | 楚林上睿 | Linji | |
| Chunbei Guangde | 純備廣德 | Linji | |
| Chungji | 沖止 | Korean Seon | 1226-1293 |
| Chunzhuo Wencai | 淳拙文才 | Caodong | d. 1352 |
| Chushi Fanqi | 楚石梵琦 | Linji | 1296-1370 |
| Cian Shoujing | 福州西禪此庵守淨禪師 | Linji | |
| Ciji Cong | 興元府慈濟聰禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Cishou Huaishen | 慈受懷深 | Yunmen | 1077-1132 |
| Ciyun Daoqing | 臨安慈雲道清禪師 | Linji | |
| Ciyun Yanlong | 潭州慈雲彥隆禪師 | Linji | |
| Cizhou Fangnian | 慈舟方念 | Caodong | d. 1594 |
| Cizhou Zhiru | 磁州智如 | Early Chan | 723-811 |
| Cuiting Yao | 舒州白雲翠亭燿禪師 | Linji | |
| Cuiwei Wuxue | 翠微無學 | Chan | 800-860 |
| Cuiya Bi | 翠崖必 | Linji | |
| Cuiyan Kezhen | 隆興府翠岩可真禪師 | Linji | d. 1064 |
| Cuiyan Lingcan | 翠巖令參 | Chan | 860-930 |
| Cuiyan Shouzhi | 翠巖守芝 | Linji | |
| Dabian Xianquan | 達變顯權 | Linji | |
| Dabo Qian | 大博乾 | Linji | d. 1673 |
| Dachuan Puji | 大川普濟 | Linji | d. 1253 |
| Dadian Baotong | 潮州靈山大顛寶通禪師 | Shitou | d. 824 |
| Dafang Xinghai | 大方行海 | Linji | d. 1670 |
| Daguang Juhui | 大光居誨 | Chan | 837-903 |
| Dagui Foxing Fatai | 大溈佛性法泰 | Linji | |
| Dagui Huaixiu | 大溈懷秀 | Linji | |
| Dagui Zhengzhang | 建寧府斗峰大圭正璋禪師 | Linji | |
| Dahong En | 大洪報恩 | Caodong | d. 1111 |
| Dahou Yinchuan | 大吼印傳 | Linji | |
| Dahui Zonggao | 大慧宗杲 | Linji | 1089-1163 |
| Dai'an Puzhuang | 呆庵普莊 | Linji | d. 1403 |
| Damei Fachang | 大梅法常 | Hongzhou | 752-839 |
| Damei Ying | 慶元府大梅祖鏡法英禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Daming Sengbao | 大明僧寶 | Caodong | 1114-1171 |
| Dangshan Xingyuan | 宕山行遠 | Linji | |
| Daning Daokuan | 隆興府大寧道寬禪師 | Linji | |
| Danxia Tianran | 丹霞天然 | Chan | 739-824 |
| Danxia Zichun | 丹霞子淳 | Caodong | 1064-1117 |
| Danya Chaoyuan | 澹崖超原 | Linji | d. 1698 |
| Danyuan Yingzhen | 吉州耽源山應真禪師 | 南宗 | |
| Daoan | 道安 | Early Chan | 312-385 |
| Daochang Zhengtang Mingbian | 道場正堂明辯 | Linji | d. 1157 |
| Daoqin | 金陵鍾山章義院道欽禪師 | Fayan | |
| Daosheng | 竺道生 | Early Chan | 355-434 |
| Daowu Wuzhen | 道吾悟真 | Linji | |
| Daowu Yuanzhi | 道吾圓智 | Chan | 769-835 |
| Daoxin | 道信 | Early Chan | 580-651 |
| Dasui Fazhen | 大隨法真 | Hongzhou | 834-919 |
| Dasui Yuanjing | 大隨元靜 | Linji | d. 1135 |
| Datong Ji | 澧州大同濟禪師 | Shitou | |
| Dawei Fabao | 大溈法寶禪師 | Linji | |
| Daxiao Xingchong | 大笑崇 | Linji | |
| Daxiu Zhu | 大休珠 | Caodong | d. 1656 |
| Dayang Jingxuan | 大陽警玄 | Caodong | 943-1027 |
| Dayu Xingtao | 大庾行韜 | Linji | d. 1652 |
| Dazhu Huihai | 大珠慧海 | Hongzhou | 750-820 |
| Deng Yinfeng | 五臺鄧隱峰禪師 | Hongzhou | |
| Dengjue Puming | 福州等覺普明禪師 | Chan | |
| Dengzhou Zhongdu | 鄧州中度禪師 | Shitou | |
| Deshan Huiyuan | 德山慧遠 | Chan | |
| Deshan Xuanjian | 德山宣鑒 | Chan | 782-865 |
| Deshan Yuanming | 德山緣密 | Chan | 850-920 |
| Doheon | 道憲 | Korean Seon | 824-882 |
| Donglin Changzong | 東林常總 | Linji | 1025-1091 |
| Dongming Huichan | 東明慧旵 | Linji | d. 1441 |
| Dongshan Daoquan | 洞山道全禪師 | Caodong | d. 894 |
| Dongshan Liangjie | 洞山 | Caodong | 807-869 |
| Dongshan Shouchu | 洞山守初 | Yunmen | 910-990 |
| Dongshan Xiaocong | 曉聰 | Yunmen | d. 1030 |
| Dongsi Ruhui | 湖南東寺如會禪師 | Hongzhou | d. 823 |
| Dongyan Jingri | 東巖淨日 | Linji | d. 1308 |
| Dongyan Kexiu | 越州洞巖可休禪師 | Shitou | |
| Dongyang Dehui | 東陽德輝 | Linji | |
| Dongyu Dehai | 東嶼德海 | Linji | d. 1327 |
| Doseon | 道詵 | Korean Seon | 827-898 |
| Doui | 道義 | Korean Seon | 770-825 |
| Dounan Wei | 斗南暐 | Linji | |
| Doushuai Congyue | 兜率從悅 | Linji | 1044-1091 |
| Doushuai Huizhao | 隆興府兜率慧照禪師 | Linji | |
| Doyun | 道允 | Korean Seon | 797-868 |
| Duanqiao Miaolun | 斷橋妙倫 | Linji | 1201-1261 |
| Duanya Liaoyi | 杭州西天目山斷崖了義禪師 | Linji | d. 1334 |
| Dufeng Shan | 毒峰善 | Chan | |
| Dun'an Zongyan | 遯庵宗演 | Linji | |
| Ehu Dayi | 鵝湖大義 | Hongzhou | 746-818 |
| Er'an Song | 耳庵嵩 | Linji | d. 1656 |
| Erdu Tai | 耳毒泰 | Linji | |
| Eryang Qin | 二仰欽 | Linji | |
| Eryin Mi | 二隱謐 | Linji | d. 1665 |
| Fachang Yiyu | 法昌倚遇 | Yunmen | d. 1081 |
| Fada | 洪州法達禪師 | 南宗 | |
| Fadu Puci | 筏渡普慈 | Linji | d. 1351 |
| Fahua Quanju | 法華全舉禪師 | Linji | |
| Falan Yuancheng | 法瀾原澂 | Linji | d. 1689 |
| Fangguang Youda | 衡州南嶽後洞方廣有達禪師 | Linji | |
| Fangrong Ruxi | 方融如璽 | Caodong | |
| Fangshan Bao | 方山寶 | Linji | d. 1308 |
| Faxi Yin | 法璽印 | Linji | |
| Fayan Wenyi | 法眼 | Fayan | 885-958 |
| Fayun Datong Shanben | 法雲大通善本 | Yunmen | d. 1109 |
| Fazhou Daoji | 法舟道濟 | Linji | d. 1560 |
| Fazhu Haidong | 法柱海棟 | Linji | |
| Fazhuang Zhiyuan | 法幢智遠 | Linji | |
| Feiyin Tongrong | 費隱通容 | Linji | 1593-1661 |
| Fengxue Yanzhao | 風穴延沼 | Linji | 896-973 |
| Fenyang Shanzhao | 汾陽善昭 | Linji | 947-1024 |
| Fenzhou Wuye | 汾州無業 | Hongzhou | 760-823 |
| Fogu Xingwen | 佛古行聞 | Linji | d. 1666 |
| Foguang Ruman | 佛光如滿 | Hongzhou | |
| Foguo Weibai | 佛國惟白 | Yunmen | |
| Fojian Huiqin | 舒州太平佛鑑慧懃禪師 | Linji | d. 1117 |
| Folang Xingxing | 佛朗自性 | Linji | |
| Fori Zhicai | 智才 | Yunmen | |
| Foyan Qingyuan | 佛眼清遠 | Linji | 1067-1120 |
| Foyin Liaoyuan | 佛印了元 | Yunmen | 1032-1098 |
| Foyin Zhiqing | 佛印智清 | Linji | |
| Foyu Cheyu | 佛語徹御 | Linji | d. 1674 |
| Foyuan Chegang | 佛冤徹綱 | Linji | |
| Fozhao Deguang | 佛照德光 | Linji | 1121-1203 |
| Fuchang Shan | 惟善 | Yunmen | |
| Furong Daokai | 芙蓉道楷 | Caodong | 1043-1118 |
| Fushan Fayuan | 浮山法遠 | Linji | 991-1067 |
| Fushi Tongxian | 浮石通賢 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Fushi Yigong | 伏獅義公 | Linji | d. 1661 |
| Fuyan Baozong | 南嶽福嚴保宗禪師 | Linji | |
| Fuyan Ya | 潭州福嚴良雅禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Ganlu Zhongxuan | 甘露仲宣 | Yunmen | |
| Gaoan Dayu | 高安大愚 | Hongzhou | 810-860 |
| Gaofeng Yuanmiao | 高峰原妙 | Linji | 1238-1295 |
| Geumheo Beopcheom | 錦虛法沾 | Korean Seon | |
| Gihwa | 己和 | Korean Seon | 1376-1433 |
| Gobong Beopjang | 高峰法藏 | Korean Seon | 1350-1428 |
| Guaishi Qi | 明州天童怪石奇禪師 | Linji | |
| Guangfu Weishang | 廣福惟尚 | Yunmen | d. 1140 |
| Guanghui Lian | 廣慧元璉 | Linji | d. 1036 |
| Guanghui Qingshun | 明州廣慧清順 | Yunmen | |
| Guangming Benyuan | 杭州橫山光明圓智本緣 | Linji | |
| Guangxiao Huijue | 楊州光孝慧覺 | Hongzhou | |
| Guangxiao Huilan | 光孝慧蘭 | Linji | |
| Guannan Daochang | 關南道常 | Hongzhou | |
| Guannan Daowu | 襄州關南道吾 | Hongzhou | |
| Guantao Daqi | 觀濤大奇 | Caodong | d. 1678 |
| Gufeng Dewang | 孤峰德旺 | Linji | |
| Gufeng Xiu | 孤峰秀 | Linji | |
| Gugok Gagun | 龜谷覺雲 | Korean Seon | 1400-1450 |
| Guifeng Guang | 龜峰慧光 | Linji | |
| Guifeng Zongmi | 圭峰宗密 | Early Chan | 780-841 |
| Guishan Lingyou | 潙山 | Guiyang | 771-853 |
| Guishan Zhe | 大溈慕喆 | Linji | d. 1095 |
| Guizong Yirou | 歸宗義柔 | Fayan | |
| Guizong Zhichang | 歸宗智常 | Hongzhou | 770-840 |
| Gulin Jiru | 古林機如 | Linji | |
| Gulin Qingmao | 古林清茂 | Linji | d. 1329 |
| Gulin Zhi | 古林智 | Linji | d. 1695 |
| Gulü Fan | 古律範 | Linji | |
| Gumei Dinglie | 古梅定冽 | Linji | |
| Gumei You | 建寧府高仰山古梅正友 | Linji | d. 1352 |
| Guquan Qing | 古泉清 | Linji | |
| Gushan Shenyan | 鼓山神晏 | Chan | 860-944 |
| Gushan Zang | 谷山藏 | Shitou | |
| Gusu Zun | 古宿尊 | Linji | |
| Guting Shanjian | 古庭善堅 | Linji | d. 1493 |
| Guxue Zhenzhe | 古雪真哲 | Linji | |
| Guyin Yuncong | 谷隱蘊聰 | Linji | d. 1032 |
| Guyun Pei | 古雲沛 | Linji | d. 1771 |
| Guzhuo Jun | 古拙俊 | Linji | d. 1422 |
| Gyeongheo Seongu | 鏡虛惺牛 | Korean Seon | 1849-1912 |
| Gyeongu | 慶猷 | Korean Seon | 880-921 |
| Haiyin Zhaoru | 海印昭如 | Linji | d. 1312 |
| Haizhou Puci | 海舟普慈 | Linji | d. 1450 |
| Haizhou Yongci | 海舟永慈 | Chan | d. 1466 |
| Hanshan Deqing | 憨山德清 | Linji | 1546-1623 |
| Hansong Zhicao | 寒松智操 | Caodong | d. 1688 |
| Hanxiu Ruqian | 憨休如乾 | Linji | |
| Hanyu Hongxian | 憨予洪暹 | Linji | |
| Hanyue Fazang | 漢月法藏 | Linji | 1573-1635 |
| Hefeng Jiwu | 鶴峰濟悟 | Linji | d. 1687 |
| Helin Xuansu | 鶴林玄素 | Niutou | 668-752 |
| Hengchuan Rugong | 橫川如珙 | Linji | 1222-1289 |
| Hengshan Dengbing | 衡山燈炳 | Linji | d. 1680 |
| Hengxiulin Falin | 綠蘿恒秀林 | Linji | |
| Hengyue Daobian | 南嶽衡嶽寺道辨 | Linji | |
| Heshan Chucai | 禾山楚材 | Yunmen | |
| Heshan Shouxun | 安吉州何山佛燈守珣 | Linji | d. 1134 |
| Heyi Chaozi | 何一超自 | Linji | |
| Hoam Chejeong | 虎巖體淨 | Korean Seon | d. 1748 |
| Hongcheok | 洪陟 | Korean Seon | 826-830 |
| Hongfu Ziwen | 洪福子文 | Linji | |
| Hongren | 弘忍 | Early Chan | 601-674 |
| Hongzhi Zhengjue | 宏智正覺 | Caodong | 1091-1157 |
| Honwon | 混元 | Korean Seon | 1191-1271 |
| Huadu Shiyu | 杭州西興化度院師郁悟真 | Shitou | |
| Huaihai Yuanzhao | 淮海原肇 | Linji | d. 1265 |
| Huanchu Guangfo | 還初光佛 | Linji | |
| Huangbo Xiyun | 黃檗希運 | Hongzhou | 770-850 |
| Huangbo Yi'an Yue | 瑞州黃檗一菴月 | Linji | d. 1655 |
| Huanglian Dongyan | 黃蓮東巖 | Linji | |
| Huanglong Huinan | 黃龍慧南 | Linji | 1002-1069 |
| Huanxi Weiyi | 環溪惟一 | Linji | d. 1281 |
| Huanxiu Changrun | 幻休常潤 | Caodong | d. 1585 |
| Huanyou Zhengchuan | 幻有正傳 | Linji | 1549-1614 |
| Huanyuan Fuyu | 還源福遇 | Caodong | d. 1313 |
| Huanzhu Ming | 幻住明 | Linji | |
| Huayan Zujue | 眉州中巖華嚴祖覺 | Linji | d. 1150 |
| Huguo Cian Jingyuan | 台州府護國此菴景元 | Linji | d. 1146 |
| Huigong Kaixiong | 慧弓開詗 | Caodong | d. 1676 |
| Huiji Yuanxi | 晦機元熙 | Linji | d. 1319 |
| Huijue Yi | 慧覺照衣 | Linji | d. 1673 |
| Huike | 慧可 | Early Chan | 487-593 |
| Huilin Zongben | 慧林宗本 | Yunmen | 1020-1099 |
| Huiming | 袁州蒙山道明 | Caodong | |
| Huineng | 慧能 | Early Chan | 638-713 |
| Huishan Jiexian | 晦山戒顯 | Linji | d. 1672 |
| Huishan Zhihai | 慧山智海 | Chan | |
| Huitai Yuanjing | 晦臺元鏡 | Caodong | d. 1630 |
| Huitang Zuxin | 晦堂祖心 | Linji | 1025-1100 |
| Huitong Dan | 潭州慧通清旦 | Linji | |
| Huiyuan of Lushan | 廬山慧遠 | Early Chan | 334-416 |
| Huiyue Xu | 晦嶽旭 | Linji | |
| Huiyun Benchong Sheng | 杭州慧雲本充行盛 | Linji | d. 1671 |
| Huizhou Hao | 暉州昊 | Linji | |
| Huqiu Shaolong | 虎丘紹隆 | Linji | 1077-1136 |
| Huyan Jingfu | 虎巖淨伏 | Linji | |
| Hwan-am Honsu | 幻庵混修 | Korean Seon | 1320-1392 |
| Hwanseong Jian | 喚醒志安 | Korean Seon | 1664-1729 |
| Hyeeun | 慧隱 | Korean Seon | 800-850 |
| Hyejeol | 慧徹 | Korean Seon | 785-861 |
| Hyeonuk | 玄昱 | Korean Seon | 787-869 |
| Hyesim | 慧諶 | Korean Seon | 1178-1234 |
| Hyujeong | 休靜 | Korean Seon | 1520-1604 |
| Ieom | 利嚴 | Korean Seon | 869-936 |
| Ji'an Zongxin | 及庵宗信 | Linji | d. 1320 |
| Ji'an Zuo | 吉庵祚 | Linji | |
| Jialing Xingyin | 迦陵性音 | Linji | 1671-1726 |
| Jianfu Chenggu | 薦福承古 | Yunmen | d. 1045 |
| Jianfu Wuben | 薦福悟本 | Linji | |
| Jiangshan Fang | 越州姜山方 | Linji | |
| Jiangshan Faquan | 金陵蔣山法泉佛慧 | Yunmen | |
| Jianguan Ziyi | 劍關子益 | Linji | d. 1267 |
| Jianru Yuanmi | 見如元謐 | Caodong | d. 1649 |
| Jiantang Yi | 鑑堂一 | Linji | |
| Jiaozhong Huian Miguang | 泉州府教忠晦菴彌光 | Linji | d. 1155 |
| Jiashan Shanhui | 夾山善會 | Chan | 805-881 |
| Jiashan Ziling | 澧州夾山靈泉自齡 | Yunmen | |
| Jichuang Youzhao | 寂窗有照 | Linji | |
| Jidian Daoji | 道濟 | Linji | d. 1209 |
| Jie’an Chen | 芥菴琛 | Linji | |
| Jie'an Jin | 介菴悟進 | Linji | d. 1673 |
| Jie'an Yongzhen Fuliang | 杭州靈隱介菴用真輔良 | Linji | d. 1371 |
| Jiesan Hong | 京都洪光解三洪 | Linji | |
| Jieshi Zhipeng | 介石智朋 | Linji | |
| Jieweizhou Xingzhou | 介為舟行舟 | Linji | d. 1670 |
| Jifei Ruyi | 即非如一 | Linji | d. 1671 |
| Jiguang Huo | 寂光豁 | Linji | |
| Jinfeng Congzhi | 金峰從志 | Caodong | |
| Jing'an Zhisu | 靜庵智素 | Chan | |
| Jingci Ming | 淨慈明 | Linji | |
| Jingguang Weijue | 淨光為覺 | Yunmen | |
| Jingqing Daofu | 鏡清道怤 | Chan | 868-937 |
| Jingshan Bao | 荊山寶 | Linji | |
| Jingshan Daoqin | 徑山道欽 | Niutou | d. 793 |
| Jingshan Zhice | 臨安府徑山塗毒智策 | Linji | d. 1192 |
| Jingting Dezong | 逕庭德宗 | Caodong | d. 1684 |
| Jingtu Huimin | 淨土慧旻 | Yunmen | |
| Jingtu Shansi | 淨土善思 | Linji | |
| Jingyin Facheng | 淨因枯木法成 | Caodong | d. 1128 |
| Jingyin Jicheng | 淨因蹣菴繼成 | Linji | |
| Jingyin Weiyue | 淨因佛日惟嶽 | Yunmen | |
| Jingzhao Chongxin | 淨照崇信 | Yunmen | 1050-1100 |
| Jingzun Tonghui | 般若敬遵通慧 | Fayan | |
| Jinian Jingxian | 象田即念淨現 | Caodong | |
| Jinli Tihui Lu | 金粟諦輝輅 | Linji | d. 1725 |
| Jinluan Shan | 荊州金鑾善 | Linji | |
| Jinniu Heshang | 金牛和尚 | Hongzhou | 800-860 |
| Jinshan Tanying | 金山曇穎達觀 | Linji | d. 1060 |
| Jinshan Zhong | 鎮江金山佛鑑惟仲 | Yunmen | |
| Jinul | 知訥 | Korean Seon | 1158-1210 |
| Jiqi Hongchu | 靈巖弘儲 | Linji | d. 1672 |
| Jiuding Jixing Huiquan | 九頂寂惺惠泉 | Linji | d. 1145 |
| Jiufeng Daoqian | 九峰道虔 | Chan | 840-923 |
| Jiufeng Jianshao | 九峰鑑韶 | Yunmen | |
| Jiufeng Xiguang | 九峰希廣 | Linji | |
| Jiuxian Qifu | 隆興府九仙齊輔 | Linji | d. 1120 |
| Jiuxian Yuxian | 酒仙遇賢 | Chan | d. 1009 |
| Jizong Che | 季總徹 | Linji | |
| Jogye Wono | 曹溪圓悟 | Chan | d. 1286 |
| Jubo Heng | 巨渤恒 | Linji | d. 1666 |
| Jude Hongli | 具德弘禮 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Jue'an Kexiang | 絕岸可湘 | Linji | d. 1290 |
| Juean Mengzhen | 覺菴夢真 | Linji | |
| Juehua Zhulang | 覺華竹浪 | Caodong | |
| Jueke Xinyin | 覺軻心印 | Fayan | |
| Juelang Daosheng | 覺浪道盛 | Caodong | 1592-1659 |
| Juexue Shicheng | 絕學世誠 | Linji | d. 1332 |
| Juexue Zhengcong | 絕學正聰 | Chan | |
| Jukong Qibin | 俱空契斌 | Caodong | d. 1452 |
| Junbeom | 遵範 | Korean Seon | 780-820 |
| Juyun Chuiwan Guangzhen | 聚雲吹萬廣真 | Linji | d. 1639 |
| Juzhi | 俱胝 | Hongzhou | 800-860 |
| Kaifu Daoning | 開福道寧 | Linji | 1053-1113 |
| Kaisheng Qi | 開聖院棲 | Yunmen | |
| Kaixian Shanxian | 開先善暹 | Yunmen | 1020-1060 |
| Kaixian Ying | 開先行瑛 | Linji | |
| Kaixian Zhixun | 開先心印智珣 | Yunmen | |
| Kaiyuan Ying | 開元瑩 | Yunmen | |
| Koho Kennichi | 高峰顯日 | Linji | d. 1316 |
| Konggu Daocheng | 空谷道澄 | Linji | |
| Kongshi Daoren | 空室道人 | Linji | 1130-1200 |
| Kongxiang Gui | 空相珪 | Caodong | |
| Kongyin Daodu | 空隱道獨 | Caodong | d. 1661 |
| Kuangyuan Benguo | 曠圓本果 | Linji | d. 1700 |
| Kukou Yi | 苦口益 | Linji | |
| Kumarajiva | 鳩摩羅什 | Early Chan | 344-413 |
| Lan'an Dingxu | 嬾庵鼎需 | Linji | d. 1153 |
| Lanfang Zhida | 嬾放智大 | Caodong | |
| Langye Huijue | 琅琊慧覺 | Linji | 980-1056 |
| Langye Yongqi | 琅琊永起 | Linji | 1090-1150 |
| Lanshi Ling | 懶石聆 | Linji | d. 1694 |
| Lao'an | 嵩嶽慧安 | Early Chan | 582-709 |
| Laona Zuzheng | 老衲祖証 | Linji | 1120-1175 |
| Letan Hongying | 泐潭洪英 | Linji | d. 1070 |
| Letan Huaicheng | 泐潭懷澄 | Yunmen | |
| Letan Jingxiang | 洪州泐潭景祥 | Linji | d. 1132 |
| Letan Yingqian | 泐潭應乾 | Linji | d. 1096 |
| Lianfeng Su | 蓮峰素 | Linji | |
| Liangfeng Kong, style Tui'an | 退庵空 | Chan | |
| Liangshan Huan | 潭州梁山懽 | Linji | |
| Liangshan Kuoan Ze | 梁山廓庵師遠 | Linji | |
| Liangshan Shanji | 梁山善冀 | Caodong | |
| Liangshan Yuanguan | 梁山緣觀 | Caodong | 960-1020 |
| Liangting Jingting | 俍亭淨挺 | Caodong | d. 1684 |
| Lianyue Daozheng | 蓮月道正 | Linji | d. 1691 |
| Liao'an Qingyu | 了菴清欲 | Linji | d. 1367 |
| Liaotang Weiyi | 了堂惟一 | Linji | |
| Liaozong Chaojian | 了宗見 | Linji | d. 1688 |
| Lingao Benyu | 林皋本豫 | Linji | d. 1646 |
| Lingji Xingguan | 靈機行觀 | Linji | d. 1681 |
| Lingshu Rumin | 韶州靈樹如敏 | Hongzhou | |
| Lingyin Qingsong | 靈隱清聳 | Fayan | |
| Lingyin Tuigeng Ning | 靈隱退耕德寧 | Linji | |
| Lingyin Wentai | 靈隱文泰 | Caodong | d. 1289 |
| Lingyin Yinwen | 靈隱印文 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Lingyuan Weiqing | 靈源惟清 | Linji | d. 1117 |
| Lingyun Zhiqin | 靈雲志勤 | Guiyang | |
| Lingzhao | 靈照 | Hongzhou | 780-808 |
| Lingzhao Zhenjue | 杭州龍華寺靈照真覺 | Shitou | d. 947 |
| Linji Yixuan | 臨濟義玄 | Linji | 810-866 |
| Linquan Conglun | 林泉從倫 | Caodong | 1210-1280 |
| Linwo Jian | 林我鑑 | Linji | d. 1679 |
| Linxi Wenqing | 林溪興教文慶 | Yunmen | |
| Linye Tongqi | 林野通奇 | Linji | d. 1652 |
| Liu Tiemo | 劉鐵磨 | Guiyang | 800-860 |
| Longhua Qiyue | 龍華齊岳 | Linji | |
| Longhua Yanqiu | 龍華彥求 | Shitou | d. 960 |
| Longji Shaoxiu | 撫州龍濟紹修 | Fayan | |
| Longtan Chongxin | 龍潭崇信 | Chan | 780-840 |
| Longtan Yuan | 龍潭圓 | Linji | |
| Longya Judun | 龍牙居遁 | Caodong | 835-923 |
| Longyuan Jieqing | 龍源介清 | Linji | d. 1301 |
| Lumen Zhixing | 襄州鹿門山第二世譚和尚志行大師 | Caodong | |
| Lumen Zijue | 鹿門自覺 | Caodong | 1060-1117 |
| Luohan Guichen | 羅漢桂琛 | Chan | 867-928 |
| Luopu Yuanan | 洛浦元安 | Linji | 834-898 |
| Luoshan Daoxian | 羅山道閑 | Shitou | |
| Lushan Fazhen | 蘆山無相法真 | Linji | |
| Lüyan He | 侶巖荷 | Linji | |
| Luyuan | 鹿苑和尚 | Guiyang | |
| Luzhou Miaosheng Zhen | 潞州妙勝臻 | Yunmen | |
| Luzu | 魯祖 | Hongzhou | 800-860 |
| Manhaeng | 萬恒 | Korean Seon | 1249-1319 |
| Manhwa Boseon | 萬化普善 | Korean Seon | |
| Maoxi Xingsen | 茆溪行森 | Linji | 1614-1677 |
| Mayu Baoche | 麻谷寶徹 | Hongzhou | 770-830 |
| Mazu Daoyi | 馬祖 | Hongzhou | 709-788 |
| Meixi Fudu | 梅溪福度 | Linji | d. 1701 |
| Meng'an Chaoge | 夢庵超格 | Linji | 1639-1708 |
| Mengxi Heshang | 濛谿和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Mi'an Xianjie | 密庵咸傑 | Linji | 1118-1186 |
| Miaodao | 妙道 | Linji | 1130-1170 |
| Miaofeng Zhishan | 杭州靈隱妙峯之善 | Linji | d. 1235 |
| Miaoxin | 妙信 | Guiyang | 830-890 |
| Miaoyun Zhenxiong | 妙雲真雄 | Linji | |
| Miaozhan Wenzhao | 妙湛文照 | Yunmen | |
| Miaozong | 妙總 | Linji | 1095-1170 |
| Mingjue Cong | 明覺性聰 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Mingzhao Deqian | 婺州明招德謙 | Shitou | |
| Mingzhao Wenhui | 明招文慧 | Linji | |
| Minshu Ruxiang | 敏樹如相 | Linji | d. 1672 |
| Miweng Wenli | 滅翁文禮 | Linji | d. 1250 |
| Mixing Jiren | 密行寂忍 | Linji | |
| Miyin Zhenchuan | 密印真傳 | Linji | |
| Miyun Yuanwu | 密雲圓悟 | Linji | 1567-1642 |
| Mongyeo | 夢如 | Korean Seon | 1234-1252 |
| Moshan Liaoran | 末山了然 | Chan | 820-895 |
| Motang Xuan | 默堂宣 | Linji | |
| Mu'an Anyong | 木庵安永 | Linji | d. 1173 |
| Mu'an Fazhong | 牧菴法忠 | Linji | d. 1149 |
| Mu'an Wenkang | 穆菴文康 | Linji | |
| Muchen Daomin | 木陳道忞 | Linji | 1596-1674 |
| Muhak Jacho | 無學自超 | Korean Seon | 1327-1405 |
| Muyeom | 無染 | Korean Seon | 800-888 |
| Muyun Tongmen | 牧雲通門 | Linji | d. 1671 |
| Muzhou Daoming | 睦州道明 | Linji | 800-877 |
| Nanming Huiguang | 南明慧廣 | Linji | d. 1620 |
| Nanquan Puyuan | 南泉 | Hongzhou | 748-835 |
| Nanshan Weiyi | 南山興教惟一 | Fayan | |
| Nanshi Wenxiu | 南石文琇 | Linji | d. 1418 |
| Nanta Guangyong | 南塔光涌 | Guiyang | 850-938 |
| Nanyang Huizhong | 南陽慧忠 | Early Chan | 683-775 |
| Nanyuan Huiyong | 南院慧顒 | Linji | 860-930 |
| Nanyue Falun Qitian | 法輪齊添 | Linji | |
| Nanyue Huairang | 南嶽懷讓 | Chan | 677-744 |
| Nanyue Lanzan | 南嶽懶瓚 | 北宗 (Northern School — 神秀 → 普寂 line) | |
| Naong Hyegeun | 懶翁慧勤 | Korean Seon | 1320-1376 |
| Natang Fansi | 衢州府天寧訥堂梵思 | Linji | |
| Neishao Zhizhong | 內紹智種 | Linji | |
| Nguyen Thieu | 元韶 | Linji | 1648-1728 |
| Niaoke Daolin | 杭州鳥窠道林 | Niutou | d. 824 |
| Ningran Liaogai | 凝然了改 | Caodong | d. 1421 |
| Niutou Fachi | 牛頭法持 | Niutou | 635-702 |
| Niutou Farong | 牛頭法融 | Niutou | 594-657 |
| Niutou Huifang | 牛頭慧方 | Niutou | 629-695 |
| Niutou Huizhong | 牛頭山慧忠 | Niutou | d. 769 |
| Niutou Zhiyan | 牛頭智巖 | Niutou | 600-677 |
| Nouyun Zhenshi | 草堂耨雲真實 | Linji | |
| Ouyi Zhixu | 蕅益智旭 | Chan | 1599-1655 |
| Oxhead Zhiwei | 牛頭智威 | Niutou | 646-722 |
| Pang Yun | 龐蘊 | Hongzhou | 740-808 |
| Panshan Baoji | 盤山寶積 | Hongzhou | 720-790 |
| Pingshan Chulin | 平山處林 | Linji | 1279-1361 |
| Pingshan Zhenben | 瓶山真本 | Linji | |
| Pingshi Rudi | 平石如砥 | Linji | d. 1357 |
| Pingtian Puan | 平田普岸 | Hongzhou | d. 862 |
| Pinjixiang Zhixiang | 頻吉祥智祥 | Caodong | d. 1709 |
| Piyun Zhiji | 披雲智寂 | Yunmen | |
| Po'an Zuxian | 破庵祖先 | Linji | 1136-1211 |
| Pofeng Puchong | 破峰普重 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Poshan Haiming | 破山海明 | Linji | 1597-1666 |
| Pozao Duo | 破竈墮 | Early Chan | |
| Pu'an Yinsu | 普菴印肅 | Linji | d. 1169 |
| Pufu Zhuo | 樸夫拙 | Chan | d. 1781 |
| Puhua | 鎮州普化 | Chan | d. 860 |
| Pumen Dengxian | 普門燈顯 | Linji | |
| Pungdam Uisim | 楓潭義諶 | Korean Seon | 1592-1665 |
| Puxian Yuansu | 普賢元素 | Linji | |
| Puzhao Yibian | 普照一辨 | Caodong | 1081-1149 |
| Pyeonyang Eongi | 鞭羊彦機 | Korean Seon | 1581-1644 |
| Qianming Xin | 乾明居信 | Yunmen | |
| Qianshan Shengren Hanke | 千山剩人函可 | Caodong | d. 1660 |
| Qianyan Yuanzhang | 千巖元長 | Linji | 1284-1357 |
| Qiaoyin Wuyi | 樵隱悟逸 | Linji | d. 1334 |
| Qibai Defu | 其白德富 | Linji | d. 1690 |
| Qinghai | 奉國清海 | Yunmen | |
| Qingliang Taiqin | 清涼泰欽 | Fayan | 940-970 |
| Qinglin Shiqian | 青林師虔 | Caodong | d. 904 |
| Qingshan Shoulong | 慶善守隆 | Linji | |
| Qingyuan Weixin | 青原惟信 | Linji | |
| Qingyuan Xingsi | 青原行思 | Chan | 660-740 |
| Qingzhong Tiebi Huiji | 慶忠鐵壁慧機 | Linji | d. 1668 |
| Qinshan Wensui | 欽山文邃 | Caodong | 830-900 |
| Qiran Chaozhi | 奇然超智 | Linji | |
| Qixian Chengshi | 棲賢澄湜 | Fayan | |
| Qixian Zhiqian | 棲賢智遷 | Yunmen | |
| Qiyuan Xinggang | 祇園行剛 | Linji | 1597-1654 |
| Qizhen Cheng | 啟真誠 | Linji | |
| Qizong Zhen | 起宗真 | Linji | |
| Quanshi Zongle | 全室宗泐 | Linji | d. 1390 |
| Quyuan Puyin | 璩源普印 | Linji | |
| Raoshan | 饒州嶢山和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Raozhou Jianfu Daoying | 饒州薦福道英 | Linji | |
| Renwang Jun | 仁王院俊 | Chan | |
| Ruibai Mingxue | 瑞白明雪 | Caodong | d. 1641 |
| Ruilu Benxian | 瑞鹿本先 | Fayan | d. 1008 |
| Ruixiang Zilai | 瑞州瑞相子來 | Yunmen | |
| Ruiyan Shiyan | 瑞巖師彥 | Chan | 840-920 |
| Ruiyan Zihong | 瑞巖子鴻 | Yunmen | d. 1096 |
| Ruoan Tongwen | 箬菴通問 | Linji | d. 1655 |
| Sanjiao Zhisong | 三交智嵩 | Linji | |
| Sanshan Denglai | 三山燈來 | Linji | d. 1685 |
| Sansheng Huiran | 三聖慧然 | Linji | 830-900 |
| Sansheng Jichang | 三聖繼昌 | Linji | |
| Sanyi Mingyu | 三宜明盂 | Caodong | d. 1665 |
| Sanzu Chonghui | 舒州山谷三祖冲會圓智 | Yunmen | |
| Sengcan | 僧璨 | Early Chan | 520-606 |
| Sengzhao | 僧肇 | Early Chan | 384-414 |
| Shanduo Zhenzai | 山鐸真在 | Linji | d. 1672 |
| Shangfeng Foxin Bencai | 諱才 | Linji | |
| Shangquan Heshang | 荊門上泉和尚 | Fayan | |
| Shanhui Dashi | 善慧大士 | Pre-Chan | d. 569 |
| Shanhui Huan | 山暉澣 | Linji | d. 1687 |
| Shanquan Huitai | 常州善權慧泰禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Shanquan Wei | 松巋達位 | Linji | d. 1684 |
| Shantang Dechun | 隆興府泐潭山堂德淳禪師 | Linji | |
| Shanyi Ruchun | 善一如純 | Linji | |
| Shanzi Yu | 山子玉 | Linji | |
| Shaweng Huihai | 沙翁海 | Linji | d. 1687 |
| Shenfeng Xian | 屾峰憲 | Caodong | d. 1668 |
| Shengguang | 台州勝光和尚 | 南嶽系 (南嶽下四世) | |
| Shengke Deyu | 華嚴聖可德玉 | Linji | d. 1701 |
| Shengyin Chongkai | 淮安勝因崇愷禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Shengyin Zi | 杭州臨平勝因資禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Shenhui | 神會 | Early Chan | 684-758 |
| Shenxiu | 神秀 | Early Chan | 606-706 |
| Shexian Guisheng | 葉縣歸省 | Linji | 960-1010 |
| Shiche Tongcheng | 石車通乘 | Linji | 1598-1638 |
| Shigong Huizang | 撫州石鞏慧藏禪師 | Hongzhou | |
| Shiguan Xingling | 石關行凌 | Linji | |
| Shimen Cizhao Cong | 襄州石門慈照聰禪師 | Linji | |
| Shimen Ya | 石門雅 | Linji | |
| Shimen Zhenjue Yuanweng Xin | 嘉興府石門真覺元翁信禪師 | Linji | |
| Shipu Chaozhi | 石璞超質 | Linji | |
| Shiqi Tongyun | 雪竇石奇通雲 | Linji | d. 1663 |
| Shishuang Chuyuan | 石霜楚圓 | Linji | 987-1040 |
| Shishuang Fayong | 石霜法永 | Linji | |
| Shishuang Lin | 長沙石霜琳禪師 | Linji | |
| Shishuang Qingzhu | 石霜慶諸 | Chan | 807-888 |
| Shita Xuanmi | 揚州石塔宣秘禮禪師 | Linji | |
| Shitian Faxun | 石田法薰 | Linji | d. 1245 |
| Shiting Zuxuan | 隆興府石亭野庵祖璿 | Linji | |
| Shitou Xiqian | 石頭希遷 | Chan | 700-790 |
| Shiwu Qinggong | 石屋清珙 | Linji | 1272-1352 |
| Shixi Xinyue | 石溪心月 | Linji | d. 1254 |
| Shiyu Mingfang | 石雨明方 | Caodong | d. 1648 |
| Shoukuo Shangzuo | 守廓上座 | Linji | |
| Shoushan Xingnian | 首山省念 | Linji | 926-993 |
| Shuai'an Fanzong | 率菴梵琮 | Linji | |
| Shuangling Hua | 隆興府雙嶺化禪師 | Linji | |
| Shuangquan Shikuan | 師寬 | Yunmen | |
| Shui'an Yi | 臨安府淨慈水庵師一禪師 | Linji | d. 1176 |
| Shuilao Heshang | 洪州水潦和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Shuzhong Wuyun | 恕中無慍 | Linji | d. 1386 |
| Sikong Benjing | 司空山本淨禪師 | 六祖法嗣 (Huineng's collateral line) | |
| Sin'gwang Chonghwi | 神光宗暉 | Korean Seon | |
| Sinhaeng | 神行 | Korean Seon | 704-779 |
| Sixin Wuxin | 死心悟新 | Linji | 1044-1115 |
| Sizushan Fayan | 蘄州四祖山法演禪師 | Linji | |
| Songan Zheng | 湖州楊墳資福嵩庵正禪師 | Linji | |
| Songji Tongshou | 松際通授 | Linji | d. 1642 |
| Songshan Junji | 嵩山峻極 | Chan | |
| Songshan Puji | 嵩山普寂 | Chan — Northern School (北宗) | d. 739 |
| Songting Ziyan | 松庭子嚴 | Caodong | d. 1380 |
| Songyuan Chongyue | 松源崇嶽 | Linji | 1139-1209 |
| Su Shi | 蘇軾 | Chan | 1037-1101 |
| Suizhou Daoyuan | 遂州道圓 | Early Chan | 770-830 |
| Sunji | 順之 | Korean Seon | 850-893 |
| Suru Honghan | 粟如弘瀚 | Caodong | d. 1706 |
| Sushan Kuangren | 疏山匡仁 | Caodong | 837-909 |
| Taego Bou | 太古普愚 | Korean Seon | 1301-1382 |
| Taiping An | 永州太平安 | Linji | |
| Tan'an Jijun | 普光坦菴機峻 | Linji | |
| Tanfang Shouzhong | 曇芳守忠 | Linji | d. 1348 |
| Tang Zhongren | 杭州府中天竺懶堂中仁禪師 | Linji | |
| Tengteng | 騰騰和尚 | Early Chan | |
| Tian'an Sheng | 天岸昇 | Linji | d. 1673 |
| Tianbo Chongyuan | 北京天鉢寺重元文慧禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Tianhuang Daowu | 天皇道悟 | Chan | 748-807 |
| Tianli Xingzhen | 天笠行珍 | Linji | d. 1694 |
| Tianlong | 天龍 | Hongzhou | 780-840 |
| Tianlun Zhongfang | 江寧府保寧仲方天倫禪師 | Linji | |
| Tianqi Benrui | 天奇本瑞 | Linji | 1450-1508 |
| Tianran Hanshi | 天然函昰 | Caodong | d. 1685 |
| Tianru Weize | 天如惟則 | Linji | 1286-1354 |
| Tianshu Xingzhi | 天樹行植 | Linji | d. 1680 |
| Tiantai Deshao | 天台德韶 | Fayan | 891-972 |
| Tiantong Rujing | 天童如淨 | Caodong | 1163-1228 |
| Tiantong Zongjue | 天童宗珏 | Caodong | 1091-1162 |
| Tianyi Dayue | 天一悅 | Linji | d. 1697 |
| Tianyi Juxiang | 天翼巨翔 | Linji | d. 1695 |
| Tianyi Yihuai | 天衣義懷 | Yunmen | 993-1064 |
| Tianyin Yuanxiu | 天隱圓修 | Linji | 1575-1635 |
| Tianze Jineng | 天則機能 | Linji | |
| Tianzhang Yuanshan | 越州天章元善禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Tianzhu Chonghui | 舒州天柱山崇慧 | Niutou | d. 779 |
| Tiemei Huili | 鐵眉慧麗 | Linji | d. 1650 |
| Tieniu Chiding | 衡州靈雲銕牛持定禪師 | Linji | |
| Tieniu Deyuan | 鐵牛德遠 | Linji | |
| Tizong Daoning | 體宗道寧 | Linji | d. 1669 |
| Tongan Daopi | 同安道丕 | Caodong | 880-930 |
| Tongan Guanzhi | 同安觀志 | Caodong | 910-970 |
| Touzi Datong | 投子大同 | Chan | 819-914 |
| Touzi Yiqing | 投子義青 | Caodong | 1032-1083 |
| Tui'an Duanyu Zhenzhi | 退菴斷愚智 | Linji | d. 1677 |
| Wanan Daoyan | 江州東林卍庵道顏 | Linji | d. 1164 |
| Wanfeng Shiwei | 萬峰時蔚 | Linji | 1303-1381 |
| Wangshan Ti | 王山體 | Caodong | d. 1173 |
| Wangxian Zong | 沂州望仙山宗禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Wanru Tongwei | 萬如通微 | Linji | d. 1657 |
| Wanshan Zhengning | 福州鼓山皖山正凝 | Linji | d. 1275 |
| Wansong Xingxiu | 萬松行秀 | Caodong | 1166-1246 |
| Wei'an Deran | 唯菴德然 | Linji | d. 1388 |
| Weiji Zhi | 杭州雄聖尼惟極致禪師 | Linji | |
| Weilin Daopei | 為霖道霈 | Caodong | 1615-1702 |
| Weizheng | 終南山惟政禪師 | 北宗 (Northern School) | |
| Weizhou Qingman | 衛州元豐院清滿禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Wenmu Nian | 文穆念 | Caodong | |
| Wenruo Ying | 文弱盈 | Linji | d. 1750 |
| Wenshu Zhengdao | 常德府文殊正導禪師 | Linji | |
| Wenzhou Fotuo | 溫州佛㠗和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Woldam Seoljye | 月潭雪霽 | Korean Seon | 1632-1704 |
| Wozhong Zhifu | 握中符 | Caodong | d. 1688 |
| Wu'an Puning | 兀菴普寧 | Linji | d. 1276 |
| Wuchu Daguan | 物初大觀 | Linji | d. 1268 |
| Wude Juetong | 無得覺通 | Linji | |
| Wufang Kecong | 無方可從 | Caodong | d. 1483 |
| Wufeng | 五峰 | Hongzhou | 800-860 |
| Wufeng Changguan | 五峰常觀 | Hongzhou | |
| Wufeng Ruxue | 大溈五峰如學 | Linji | |
| Wufeng Ziqi | 越州五峰子琪禪師 | Yunmen | |
| Wuhuan Xingchong | 無幻性沖 | Linji | d. 1612 |
| Wuhui Liangfan | 安吉州烏回唯菴良範禪師 | Linji | |
| Wuji Mingwu | 無際明悟 | Linji | d. 1446 |
| Wujian Xiandu | 無見先覩 | Linji | d. 1334 |
| Wujin Zang | 無盡藏 | Early Chan | 630-700 |
| Wumen Huikai | 無門 | Linji | 1183-1260 |
| Wuming Huijing | 無明慧經 | Caodong | 1548-1618 |
| Wunian You | 無念有 | Linji | d. 1534 |
| Wuqu Rukong | 無趣如空 | Linji | d. 1580 |
| Wushan Jingduan | 吳山淨端 | Yunmen | d. 1104 |
| Wutai Jufang | 五臺山巨方 | 北宗 | d. 727 |
| Wuwei Zongtai | 漢州無為宗泰 | Linji | |
| Wuwen Benjiong | 杭州靈隱無文本褧禪師 | Linji | |
| Wuwen Daocan | 無文道燦 | Linji | d. 1271 |
| Wuwen Mingcong | 無聞明聰 | Linji | 1480-1543 |
| Wuxiang | 無相 | Chan | 684-762 |
| Wuxie Lingmo | 五洩靈默 | Chan | 747-818 |
| Wuxue Zuyuan | 無學祖元 | Linji | d. 1286 |
| Wuyi Yuanlai | 無異元來 | Caodong | 1575-1630 |
| Wuyin Zijing | 無隱子經 | Linji | |
| Wuyong Jingquan | 無用淨全 | Linji | d. 1207 |
| Wuzhun Shifan | 無準師範 | Linji | 1178-1249 |
| Wuzu Fayan | 五祖法演 | Linji | 1024-1104 |
| Wuzu Shijie | 五祖師戒 | Yunmen | |
| Xi'an Daguan | 息菴達觀 | Linji | |
| Xiangji Yongmin | 澧州聖壽香積用旻 | Yunmen | |
| Xianglin Benzhen | 象林本真 | Linji | d. 1691 |
| Xianglin Chengyuan | 香林澄遠 | Yunmen | 908-987 |
| Xiangshan Yunliang | 香山蘊良 | Linji | |
| Xiangya Xingting | 象崖性珽 | Linji | d. 1651 |
| Xiangyan Zhixian | 香嚴智閑 | Guiyang | 820-898 |
| Xiangzhou Lumenshan Chuzhen | Lumen Chuzhen | Caodong | |
| Xiao'an Mi | 小庵密 | Linji | d. 1458 |
| Xiaoshan Zongshu | 小山宗書 | Caodong | 1500-1567 |
| Xiaotang | 笑堂 | Linji | |
| Xiaotang Yunfen | 嘯堂允汾 | Linji | d. 1680 |
| Xiaoweng Miaokan | 笑翁妙堪 | Linji | d. 1248 |
| Xiaoyan Debao | 笑巖德寶 | Linji | 1512-1581 |
| Xiaoyin Daxin | 笑隱大訢 | Linji | d. 1344 |
| Xiaoyun Yun | 眠石淨蘊 | Caodong | |
| Xiatang Huiyuan | 瞎堂慧遠 | Linji | d. 1176 |
| Xichan Xuefeng Rui | 雪峯瑞 | Linji | |
| Xieyun Jiji | 燮雲濟璣 | Linji | d. 1648 |
| Xinghua Cunjiang | 興化存獎 | Linji | 830-888 |
| Xingjiao Ming | 興教明 | Fayan | |
| Xingkong Xingzhen | 性空行臻 | Linji | d. 1678 |
| Xingshan Weikuan | 興善惟寬 | Hongzhou | 755-817 |
| Xingzhong Zhiren | 行中至仁 | Linji | d. 1382 |
| Xishan Liang | 西山亮 | Linji | |
| Xisou Shaotan | 希叟紹曇 | Linji | |
| Xitang Zhizang | 西堂智藏 | Hongzhou | 735-814 |
| Xiuxi | 秀溪和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Xiuye Minglin | 秀野明林 | Linji | |
| Xiuyun Wei | 岫雲瑋 | Linji | d. 1676 |
| Xixi Ze | 台州國清溪西澤 | Linji | |
| Xixin Zhaoshui | 洗心照水 | Linji | |
| Xiyan Liaohui | 西巖了慧 | Linji | d. 1262 |
| Xiyuan Tancang | 南嶽西園蘭若曇藏 | Hongzhou | d. 827 |
| Xuansha Shibei | 玄沙師備 | Chan | 835-908 |
| Xuebi Yinluan | 雪臂印巒 | Chan | |
| Xuechao Fayi | 萬年雪巢法一 | Linji | d. 1158 |
| Xuedou Chongxian | 雪竇重顯 | Yunmen | 980-1052 |
| Xuedou Daorong | 雪竇道榮 | Yunmen | |
| Xuedou Faning | 明州雪竇法寧 | Yunmen | |
| Xuedou Zhijian | 雪竇智鑑 | Caodong | 1105-1192 |
| Xuedou Zhongqian | 明州雪竇大歇仲謙 | Linji | d. 1244 |
| Xuefeng Huikong | 雪峰東山慧空 | Linji | d. 1158 |
| Xuefeng Qin | 西川雪峰欽 | Yunmen | |
| Xuefeng Sihui | 福州雪峰妙湛思慧 | Yunmen | d. 1145 |
| Xuefeng Yicun | 雪峰義存 | Chan | 822-908 |
| Xuefeng Zongyan | 雪峰宗演 | Yunmen | |
| Xuejian Feng | 雪澗奉 | Caodong | d. 1670 |
| Xueling | 雪嶺 | Linji | 1570-1630 |
| Xueqiao Yuanxin | 雪嶠圓信 | Linji | 1571-1647 |
| Xuetang Daoxing | 雪堂道行 | Linji | d. 1151 |
| Xueting Fuyu | 雪庭福裕 | Caodong | 1203-1275 |
| Xueyan Huiman | 雪巖慧滿 | Caodong | 1136-1206 |
| Xueyan Zuqin | 雪巖祖欽 | Linji | 1216-1287 |
| Xutang Zhiyu | 虛堂智愚 | Linji | 1185-1269 |
| Xuzhou Pudu | 虛舟普度 | Linji | d. 1280 |
| Xuzhou Xingsheng | 虛舟行省 | Linji | d. 1668 |
| Yan'en Fa'an | 延恩法安 | Yunmen | d. 1084 |
| Yandang Wenji | 雁蕩文吉 | Yunmen | |
| Yanduan | 彥端 | Shitou | |
| Yangqi Fanghui | 楊岐方會 | Linji | 992-1049 |
| Yangshan Huiji | 仰山慧寂 | Guiyang | 807-883 |
| Yangshan Xingwei | 仰山行偉 | Linji | d. 1081 |
| Yanguan Qi'an | 鹽官齊安 | Hongzhou | 750-842 |
| Yangzhuo Zhengming | 養拙正明 | Linji | d. 1649 |
| Yanju Deshen | 雲山燕居申德申 | Linji | d. 1678 |
| Yanshi Shankai | 掩室善開 | Linji | |
| Yantou Quanhuo | 巖頭全豁 | Chan | 828-887 |
| Yanxi Guangwen | 偃溪廣聞 | Linji | d. 1263 |
| Yaoshan Weiyan | 藥山惟儼 | Chan | 745-828 |
| Yaoshan Yisu | 藥山彝肅 | Chan | |
| Yelü Chucai | 耶律楚材 | Chan | 1190-1244 |
| Yeomgeo | 廉居 | Chan | d. 844 |
| Yeongwol Bongyul | 永月奉律 | Korean Seon | 1738-1823 |
| Yeweng Bo | 冶翁伯 | Linji | |
| Yeweng Xiao | 野翁曉 | Linji | |
| Yezhu Fuhui | 野竹福慧 | Linji | |
| Yi'an Shanzan | 翼菴善酇 | Linji | d. 1700 |
| Yi'an Shi | 易菴師 | Linji | |
| Yichu Wuyuan | 一初悟元 | Linji | d. 1678 |
| Yifeng Ning | 夷峰寧 | Linji | d. 1491 |
| Yikui Chaochen | 一揆超琛 | Linji | d. 1679 |
| Yikui Yuankui | 神鼎一揆元揆 | Linji | |
| Ying'an Tanhua | 應庵曇華 | Linji | 1103-1163 |
| Yingning Zhijing | 攖寧智靜 | Caodong | |
| Yingshan Zhiyin | 雪關智誾 | Caodong | d. 1637 |
| Yingxiu Wu | 頴秀悟 | Linji | |
| Yinshan Can | 隱山璨 | Chan | |
| Yinshan Heshang | 隱山和尚 | Hongzhou | |
| Yinxin Foming Jina | 印心佛敏寂訥 | Linji | |
| Yinyuan Longqi | 隱元隆琦 | Linji | 1592-1673 |
| Yisou Xinggao | 通天逸叟行高 | Linji | d. 1669 |
| Yiyan Xian | 一言顯 | Linji | |
| Yizhou Nanyin | 益州南印 | Early Chan | 750-820 |
| Yongam Hyeeon | 龍岩慧彦 | Korean Seon | |
| Yongji Rong | 永濟融 | Linji | |
| Yongjia Xuanjue | 永嘉玄覺 | Early Chan | 665-713 |
| Yongjue Yuanxian | 永覺元賢 | Caodong | 1578-1657 |
| Yongming Daoqian | 永明道潛 | Fayan | d. 961 |
| Yongming Yanshou | 永明延壽 | Fayan | 904-975 |
| Yongquan Jingxin | 湧泉景欣 | Shitou | |
| Yongzheng Emperor | 雍正帝 | Linji | 1678-1735 |
| Yu Daopo | 俞道婆 | Linji | 1100-1170 |
| Yu'an Zhiji | 愚菴智及 | Linji | d. 1378 |
| Yuan'an Liao | 遠菴僼 | Linji | d. 1682 |
| Yuanhu Miaoyong | 鴛湖妙用 | Linji | d. 1642 |
| Yuanji Yancen | 圓極彥岑 | Linji | |
| Yuanjie Jingying | 元潔淨瑩 | Caodong | d. 1672 |
| Yuanjue Tan | 圓覺曇 | Yunmen | |
| Yuanri | 圓日 | Yunmen | |
| Yuansou Xingduan | 元叟行端 | Linji | 1255-1341 |
| Yuantong Daomin | 圓通道旻 | Linji | d. 1114 |
| Yuantong Faxiu | 圓通法秀 | Yunmen | 1027-1090 |
| Yuanwu Keqin | 圜悟克勤 | Linji | 1063-1135 |
| Yue'an Shanguo | 月庵善果 | Linji | 1079-1152 |
| Yuechuang Liao | 月幢了 | Linji | d. 1667 |
| Yuejian | 月磵 | Linji | |
| Yuejiang Zhengyin | 月江正印 | Linji | |
| Yuelin Shiguan | 月林師觀 | Linji | 1143-1217 |
| Yuelin Zhen | 岳林真 | Chan | |
| Yueming Lianchi | 月明聯池 | Linji | d. 1639 |
| Yuexi Cheng | 月溪澄 | Linji | d. 1482 |
| Yuezhou Qianfeng | 越州乾峯 | Caodong | 831-895 |
| Yuezhou Wenzai | 月舟文載 | Caodong | 1452-1524 |
| Yujeong | 惟政 | Korean Seon | 1544-1610 |
| Yulbong Cheonggo | 栗峰靑杲 | Korean Seon | d. 1823 |
| Yulin Tongxiu | 玉林通琇 | Linji | 1614-1675 |
| Yumei Liang | 玉眉亮 | Linji | |
| Yun'e Xi | 雲峨喜 | Linji | d. 1676 |
| Yunan Puyan | 運庵普巖 | Linji | 1156-1226 |
| Yunfeng | 雲峰文悅 | Linji | d. 1062 |
| Yunfeng Miaogao | 妙高 | Linji | d. 1293 |
| Yunfeng Yuanyi | 雲峰元益 | Yunmen | |
| Yunfeng Zhixuan | 潭州雲峯志璿祖燈 | Yunmen | |
| Yunfu Daozhi | 雲腹道智 | Linji | d. 1673 |
| Yungai Jipeng | 雲蓋繼鵬 | Yunmen | |
| Yungai Zhi | 雲蓋守智 | Linji | |
| Yungai Zhiben | 雲蓋智本 | Linji | d. 1107 |
| Yungai Zhiyong | 雲蓋智顒 | Yunmen | |
| Yungu Fahui | 雲谷法會 | Linji | 1500-1579 |
| Yunhuan Yinchen | 雲幻宸 | Linji | d. 1669 |
| Yunju Daoqi | 雲居道齊 | Fayan | d. 997 |
| Yunju Daoying | 雲居道膺 | Caodong | 835-902 |
| Yunju Faru | 雲居法如 | Linji | d. 1146 |
| Yunju Shun | 雲居曉舜 | Yunmen | d. 1064 |
| Yunju Yineng | 雲居義能 | Fayan | |
| Yunju Yuanyou | 元祐 | Linji | d. 1095 |
| Yunkong Changzhong | 蘊空常忠 | Caodong | 1514-1588 |
| Yunmen Wenyan | 雲門 | Yunmen | 864-949 |
| Yunqi Zhuhong | 雲棲袾宏 | Linji | 1535-1615 |
| Yunsou Benzhu | 雲叟本住 | Linji | d. 1676 |
| Yunwai Xingze | 雲外行澤 | Linji | d. 1654 |
| Yunwai Yunxiu | 雲外雲岫 | Caodong | d. 1324 |
| Yunxi Zhiying | 雲溪智瑛 | Chan | |
| Yunyan Tansheng | 雲巖曇晟 | Chan | 780-841 |
| Yunyan Tianyou | 雲巖典牛天游 | Linji | |
| Yuquan Chenghao | 玉泉承皓 | Yunmen | d. 1092 |
| Yushan Dezhen | 玉山德珍 | Linji | |
| Yushan Shangsi | 雨山上思 | Linji | d. 1688 |
| Yusong Yi | 語嵩裔 | Linji | d. 1666 |
| Yuwang Changtan | 育王常坦 | Chan | |
| Yuwang Duanyu | 育王端裕 | Linji | d. 1150 |
| Yuwang Guang | 育王雪窗悟光 | Linji | d. 1357 |
| Yuwang Huailian / Dajue Huailian | 育王懷璉 | Yunmen | d. 1090 |
| Yuwang Tanzhen | 育王曇振 | Yunmen | |
| Zangsou Shanzhen | 藏叟善珍 | Chan | d. 1277 |
| Zhang Shangying | 張商英 | Linji | 1043-1121 |
| Zhangjing Huaihui | 章敬懷暉 | Hongzhou | 756-816 |
| Zhangxue Tongzui | 丈雪通醉 | Linji | d. 1696 |
| Zhanran Yuancheng | 湛然圓澄 | Caodong | d. 1627 |
| Zhantang Wenzhun | 湛堂文準 | Linji | d. 1115 |
| Zhaoqing Fayin / Zhaoqing Daokuang | 招慶法因 | Yunmen | |
| Zhaozhou Congshen | 趙州 | Hongzhou | 778-897 |
| Zhe'an Jingfan | 蔗菴淨範 | Caodong | d. 1692 |
| Zhengfa Ximing | 正法希明 | Linji | |
| Zhengjue Yi | 正覺逸 | Yunmen | |
| Zhengqin Yun | 正勤蘊 | Caodong | d. 936 |
| Zhengzong Shidao | 正宗實道 | Linji | 1691-1753 |
| Zhenjing Kewen | 真淨克文 | Linji | 1025-1102 |
| Zhenxie Qingliao | 真歇清了 | Caodong | 1088-1151 |
| Zhenzhou Dabe | 鎮州大悲 | Linji | |
| Zhewong Ruyan | 浙翁如琰 | Linji | d. 1225 |
| Zhihai Purong Daoping | 道平 | Linji | d. 1127 |
| Zhikong | 志空 | Chan | |
| Zhikong Xueyun | 知空學蘊 | Linji | d. 1689 |
| Zhimen Guangzuo | 智門光祚 | Yunmen | 900-960 |
| Zhitan Zuizheng | 智覃最正 | Linji | |
| Zhitong | 智通 | Early Chan | 680-740 |
| Zhiweng Deju | 直翁德舉 | Caodong | |
| Zhixuan | 智瑄 | Chan | |
| Zhiyan Xiu | 芝巖秀 | Linji | |
| Zhiyi Kefu | 紙衣克符 | Linji | |
| Zhongan Huikong | 中庵慧空 | Linji | d. 1174 |
| Zhongfeng Mingben | 中峰明本 | Linji | 1263-1323 |
| Zhongzhu Kongyan You | 中竺空巖有 | Linji | |
| Zhu'an Zhenyan | 竹庵真衍 | Linji | d. 1677 |
| Zhuanyu Guanheng | 顓愚觀衡 | Linji | d. 1646 |
| Zhufeng Fa | 三塔主峰法 | Linji | d. 1669 |
| Zhufeng Huanmin | 竺峰幻敏 | Linji | d. 1707 |
| Zhufeng Zhenxu | 竹峰真續 | Linji | |
| Zhulang Chesheng | 竹浪徹生 | Linji | |
| Zhuofeng Xingjue | 卓峰性玨 | Linji | d. 1685 |
| Zhutian Ruli | 竺田汝霖 | Linji | |
| Zhuyuan Miaodao | 竺元妙道 | Chan | d. 1345 |
| Zibo Zhenke | 紫柏真可 | Linji | 1543-1603 |
| Zide Huihui | 自得慧暉 | Caodong | d. 1183 |
| Zifu Quan | 資福詮 | Yunmen | |
| Zifu Rubao | 如寶 | Guiyang | |
| Zihu Lizong | 子湖利蹤 | Hongzhou | 800-880 |
| Zishui | 字水圓䂐 | Linji | d. 1645 |
| Zisu Chaoyuan | 子肅超遠 | Linji | d. 1689 |
| Zixian Jue | 自閒覺 | Linji | d. 1662 |
| Ziyong Chengru | 子雍成如 | Linji | |
| Zizhou Chuan | 梓舟超船 | Linji | |
| Zizhou Chuji | 資州處寂 | Early Chan | 669-736 |
| Zizhou Zhishen | 資州智詵 | Early Chan | 609-702 |
| Zongchi | 總持 | Early Chan | 530-604 |
| Zongxian Minghui | 宗顯明慧 | Chan | |
| Zuliang Chaoqi | 祖亮超啟 | Linji | |
| 梁山巖 | 鼎州梁山巖禪師 | Caodong |