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Fa-yen wen-i

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Fa-yen wen-i (885–958). Founder of one of the so-called ‘Five Houses’ of Chinese Ch'an. It was, in fact, he who first coined the term ‘Five Houses’ to refer to the major schools of Ch'an in his day. Ironically, the ‘House of Fa-yen’, based in the Ch'in-liang Temple near modern Nanking, did not last beyond the next generation, in which Fa-yen's own predilection for doctrinal studies led his most eminent followers to allow the line to be absorbed by T'ien-t'ai.

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Fa-yen Wen-i

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Fa-yen Wen-i (Fayan Wenyi, Jap., Hōgen Bun'eki; 885–958). Chinese Ch'an/Zen Buddhist teacher, successor (hassu) of Lo-han Kuei-ch'en, whose work was continued by T'ien-t'ai Te-shao (Jap., Tendai Tokushō). Few of his works survive. His sayings are gathered in a late work, Ch'ing-liang Wen-i-ch'an-shih yü-lu. They are characterized by paradox, and by the technique of answering a question with the same words.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Fa-yen Wen-i." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-FayenWeni.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Fa-yen Wen-i." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-FayenWeni.html

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