Nan-yang Hui-chung
Nan-yang Hui-chung (Jap., Nanʾyō Echū; 8th cent. CE). Prominent Chʾan/Zen master, one of the ‘five great masters’ of the school of Huineng, whose pupil he was. After training, he retired to Mount Pai-ya in Nan-yang (hence his name) for about forty years. When about 85, he responded to the emperor's invitation to become his instructor (as also of Tai-tsung, his successor). As a result, he was called ‘National Teacher of Two Emperors’, the beginning of the tradition of the honorific titles kuo-shih (Jap., kokushi: see KOKUTAI). Thus Nan-yang is also known as Chung-kuo-shih (Jap., Chū Kokushi). Several kōans of his survive, but he is more usually associated with ‘the seamless pagoda’. The emperor asked Nan-yang how he could honour him on his 100th birthday. Nan-yang replied, ‘Build the old monk a seamless pagoda’. When the emperor asked for advice about the construction, Nan-yang told him that his pupil, Tan-yüan, would lead him out of his ignorance. Tan-yüan supplied the ‘explanation’.
More From encyclopedia.com
Emperor angelfish , emperor angelfish (Pomecanthus imperator) See CHAETODONTIDAE.
Pomacanthus imperator (emperor angelfish) See CHAETODONTIDAE. Yellow Emperor , Nationality/Culture
Alternate Names
Appears In
The Shiji
Lineage
Character Overview
In Chinese mythology , Huang-Di (pronounced hoo-arng-DEE), also k… Maximin , Maximin
Maximin (d. 313, Roman emperor)
Maximin (Galerius Valerius Maximinus), d. 313, Roman emperor (308–13); kinsman of Galerius. He is called Maxi… emperor , emperor •Altamira, chimera, clearer, Elvira, era, hearer, Hera, hetaera, interferer, lempira, lira, lire, Madeira, Megaera, monstera, rangatira, rear… Lucius Septimius Severus , Lucius Septimius Severus (146-211) was a Roman emperor. His reign is notable for the militarization of the government, growing Oriental influences in… Holy Roman Emperors , Holy Roman Emperors ( (table))
Hohenstaufen dynasty and rivals
Frederick I, 1152–90
Philip of Swabia, 1198–1208
Frederick II, 1212–50 (king, 1212–20;…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Nan-yang Hui-chung