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Full Name[edit]
Wumen Huikai, 1183-1260 (traditional Chinese: 無門慧開; Wade-Giles: Wu-men Hui-k'ai; Japanese: Mumon Ekai) (1183-1260)
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Affiliation[edit]
Song period Ch'an master, 1183-1260
Biographical Data[edit]
Wumen compiled the collection of Zen anecdotes and koans, called in Chinese the Wumenguan (The Gateless Gate), in Japanese the Mumonkan. These stories were some of the first and most well known that were translated into English in the 20th century.
Wumen Huikai (traditional Chinese: 無門慧開; Wade-Giles: Wu-men Hui-k'ai; Japanese: Mumon Ekai) (1183-1260) is a Song period Chán (Japanese: Zen) master most famous as the compiler of and commentator on the 48-koan collection The Gateless Gate (Japanese: Mumonkan). Wumen was at that time the head monk of Longxiang (Wade-Giles: Lung-hsiang; Japanese: Ryusho) monastery. Wumen was born in Hangzhou and his first master was Gong Heshang. However, it was Zen master Yuelin Shiguan (月林師觀; Japanese: Gatsurin Shikan) (1143-1217) who gave Wumen the koan "Zhaozhou’s dog", with which Wu-men struggled for six years before he finally attained realization.