Nanquan Puyuan (Chinese: 南泉普願; Wade-Giles: Nan-ch’üan P’u-yüan; Pinyin: Nánquán Pǔyuàn; Japanese: Nansen Fugan; Korean: 남천보원 Namcheon Bowon) (c. 749 –...

(獅子山), established by Doyun (道允; 797-868), who studied under Nanquan Puyan (南泉普願; 748–835). The ninth of these initial schools was the Sumi san (須彌山) school...

ordained as a monk at an early age. At the age of 18, he met Nánquán Pǔyuàn (南泉普願 748–835; J: Nansen Fugan), a successor of Mǎzǔ Dàoyī (709–788; J. Baso Do-itsu)...

to the traditional sources, he obtained instruction from Nanquan Puyuan (南泉普願), and later from Guishan Lingyou (溈山靈祐). But the teacher of preeminent influence...