Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien [SEP] date of death
Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien
Hsiang-yen Chih-hsien 香嚴(or 香巖)智閑 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn: Xiāngyán Zhìxián; Rōmaji: Kyōgen Chikan, "c". 820–898) was a T'ang dynasty Ch'an master of the House of Kuei-yang. A Dharma heir of Kuei-shan Ling-yu 溈山靈祐 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn: Wéishān Língyòu; Rōmaji: Isan Reiyū, 771–853), the story of Hsiang-yen's enlightenment is rather famous in the Zen tradition. According to his enlightenment story, he had been an accomplished
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