Wumen Huikai (simplified Chinese: 无门慧开; traditional Chinese: 無門慧開; pinyin: Wúmén Huìkāi; Wade-Giles: Wu-men Hui-k'ai; Japanese: Mumon Ekai) (1183–1260)...
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The Gateless Barrier (redirect from Wumen guan)
master Wumen Huikai (無門慧開; Japanese: Mumon Ekai; 1183–1260) during the Song dynasty. The title has a double meaning and can also be understood as Wumen's Barrier;...
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Meridian Gate (redirect from Wǔmén)
The Meridian Gate or Wumen (simplified Chinese: 午门; traditional Chinese: 午門; pinyin: Wǔmén; Manchu: ᠵᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᡩᡠᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ; Möllendorff: julergi dulimbai...
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Barrier was assembled by the early 13th-century Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai. Wumen struggled for six years with koan "Zhaozhou's dog", assigned to him...
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Wu School (redirect from Wumen School)
Wu or Wumen School (Chinese: 吴门画派) is a group of painters of the Southern School during the Ming period of Chinese history. It was not an academy or educational...
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collection of 48 kōan and commentaries published in 1228 by Chinese monk Wumen (無門 c. 1183–1260). The title may be more accurately rendered as Gateless...
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Bodhidharma is mentioned in fourteen different kōans. In The Gateless Gate by Wumen Huikai: A monk asked Zhaozhou, “What is the meaning of the ancestral teacher's...
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Wild fox koan (section Wumen's commentary and poem)
Mumonkan), a 13th-century collection of 48 kōans compiled by the Chinese monk Wumen, as case two. The koan tells the story of a monk who, after denying that...
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early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Wumen Huikai (無門慧開; Japanese: Mumon Ekai; 1183–1260). Wumen's preface indicates that the volume was published...
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Nanjing and then went to Beijing because of the change of Ming's capital. The Wumen School (吳門畫派) Tang Yin (唐寅), Wen Zhengming (文徵明), Shen Zhou (沈周), Qiu Ying...
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a meditative topic in the 1228 Chan text The Gateless Barrier (pinyin: Wumen Guan), in which the Buddha confirmed that the mind-to-mind transmission...
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as the Blue Cliff Record (1125) of Yuanwu, The Gateless Gate (1228) of Wumen, both of the Linji lineage, and the Book of Equanimity (1223) by Wansong...
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gate on each side. At the southern end is the main Meridian Gate (A) (午門; Wǔmén). To the north is the Gate of Divine Prowess (B) (神武門; Shénwǔmén), which...
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thinker of the Confucianist "School of Principle" Lu Jiuyuan (1139–1193) Wumen Huikai (1183–1260) Chen Xianzhang (1428–1500) Wang Yangming (1472–1529)...
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standard singing tone of legendary scripts: "Four Square Songs Must Zong Wumen." At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty,...
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Masters of Wu (simplified Chinese: 吴门四家; traditional Chinese: 吴門四傢; pinyin: Wúmén Sìjiā): all four came from the region of Wu, which surrounds the city of...
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in China for six years and studied with the famous Chinese Chan master Wumen (無門) of the Linji lineage. Kakushin became a disciple of the lay-teacher...
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Taiping Prefecture. His style name was 'Chimu' (尺木) and his pseudonym was 'Wumen Daoren' (无闷道人). Later in life he acquired the pseudonyms 'Zhongshan Laoren'...
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partake of enlightenment". The Gateless Gate is the Song dynasty Chan master Wumen Huikai's (c. 1228) compilation of 48 kōans. Case 21 is titled Yunmen (kan)shiketsu...
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calligraphy and Chinese painting, incorporating the hand-painting art of the Wumen School of Painting. It is characterized by the neckline and embroidered...
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exhibitions: Relics of Wudi, National Treasure of Wu Tower, Wuzhong Fengya, and Wumen Calligraphy and Painting. The permanent collections display prehistoric...
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many texts to Chinese Sengcan, third patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China Wumen Huikai, author of the Gateless Gate Xuanzang, brought Yogacara to China...
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as Zhengyangmen of the Inner city, Tiananmen of the Imperial city, and Wumen of the Forbidden city. The gate tower at Yongdingmen was approximately 20...
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regarded as the founder of modern seal-carving. Wen founded the Sanqiao (Wumen) School of seal engraving. Wen worked originally in ivory, creating calligraphic...
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(小謝)] 225. Ghost of a Hanged Man [ Yi gui (縊鬼)] 226. The Suzhou Painter [ Wumen huagong (吳門畫工)] 227. Holy woman [ Lin shi (林氏)] 228. Mischievous Vixen [...
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collection of 48 kōans and commentaries published in 1228 by Chinese monk Wumen (無門) (1183–1260). The title may be more accurately rendered as Gateless...
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by Buddhabhadra, 398-421 CE. Translated into English by Chan 2013. T619: Wǔmén chán jīng yào yòngfǎ 五門禪經要用法 [The Essence of the Meditation Manual Consisting...
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The Gateless Barrier, a collection of koans authored by the Chan master Wumen Huikai in 1228. Wang, Youru (27 June 2017). Historical Dictionary of Chan...
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his ways". The garden was designed by Yuan Long (袁龙), a painter of the Wumen school. The 6,600 square metres (71,000 sq ft) garden is divided into an...
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Warring States period. Xi Zhong, China's fabled first wheelmaker, featured in Wumen Huikai's The Gateless Barrier (8th verse), whose wheel is earlier alluded...
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