Tou-shuai Tsʾung-yueh

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Tou-shuai Tsʾung-yueh (1044–92). Chʾan/Zen master of the Ōryō lineage of Rinzai, and dharma-successor (hassu) of Pao-feng Kʾo-wen. He is remembered for the ‘three barriers’ kōan (Mumonkan 47).