Heze Shenhui
| PersonType | Category:Ordained (Monks and Nuns) Category:Classical Chinese Authors |
|---|---|
| MainNamePhon | Heze Shenhui |
| MainNameChi | 菏泽神會 |
| YearBirth | 684 |
| YearDeath | 758 |
| BornIn | Xiangyang in present-day Hubei province |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
| BnwShortPersonBio | Chinese Chan master and reputed main disciple of the sixth patriarch Huineng; his collateral branch of Huineng’s lineage is sometimes referred to as the Heze school. Shenhui was a native of Xiangyang in present-day Hubei province. He became a monk under the master Haoyuan (d.u.) of the monastery of Kuochangsi in his hometown of Xiangyang. In 704, Shenhui received the full monastic precepts in Chang’an, and extant sources provide differing stories of Shenhui’s whereabouts thereafter. He is said to have become a Student of
Shenxiu and later visited Mt. Caoxi where he studied under Huineng until the master’s death in 713. After several years of traveling, Shenhui settled down in 720 at the monastery of Longxingsi in Nanyang (present-day Henan province). In 732, |
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