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Zhaozhou Congshen

Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn
Woodcut from Fozu zhengzong daoying (1880)
TitleCh'an-shih
Personal life
Born778
Died897 (aged 118–119)
NationalityChinese
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolCh'an
Zhaozhou Congshen
Chinese name
Chinese趙州從諗
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhàozhōu Cōngshěn
Wu
SuzhouneseZau6tseu1 Tshon1sen3
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZiu6zau1 Cung1sam2
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetTriệu Châu Tùng Thẩm
Hán-Nôm趙州從諗
Korean name
Hangul조주종심
Hanja趙州從諗
Japanese name
Kanji趙州従諗
Transcriptions
RomanizationJōshū Jūshin

Zhaozhou Congshen (Chinese: 趙州從諗; pinyin: Zhàozhōu Cōngshěn; Wade–Giles: Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen'; Japanese: 趙州従諗, romanizedJōshū Jūshin; 778–897) was a Chán (Zen) Buddhist master who appears frequently in the koans of the Mumonkan and the Blue Cliff Record.


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