{"slug": "zen", "label": "Zen", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7953", "qid": "Q7953", "description": "school of Mahāyāna Buddhist Tradition", "entries": 39, "years": 39, "span": [607, 1347], "span_label": ["607 CE", "1347 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 22}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 14}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}], "also_known_as": ["Zen Buddhism", "Zen Buddhist"], "related": [{"slug": "chinese-buddhism", "label": "Chinese Buddhism", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tang-dynasty", "label": "Tang dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chan-buddhism", "label": "Chan Buddhism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 706)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Births", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 638, "year_label": "638 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch of the Tang dynasty (d. 713)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557443#Births", "title": "638", "revid": 1369557443, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 677, "year_label": "677 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Nanyue Huairang, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (d. 744)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805601#Births", "title": "677", "revid": 1340805601, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 706, "year_label": "706 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Shenxiu, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367660928#Deaths", "title": "706", "revid": 1367660928, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 709, "year_label": "709 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 788)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807109#Births", "title": "709", "revid": 1340807109, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 713, "year_label": "713 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (b. 638)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807131#Deaths", "title": "713", "revid": 1340807131, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 814)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Births", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Layman Pang, Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist (d. 808)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Births", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 778, "year_label": "778 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (d. 897)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267081416#Births", "title": "778", "revid": 1267081416, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 788, "year_label": "788 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mazu Daoyi, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 709)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753395#Deaths", "title": "788", "revid": 1364753395, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 808, "year_label": "808 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Layman Pang, Chinese (Zen) Buddhist (b. 740)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848803#Deaths", "title": "AD 808", "revid": 1340848803, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 814, "year_label": "814 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Baizhang Huaihai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 720)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655218#Deaths", "title": "814", "revid": 1366655218, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Huangbo Xiyun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Deaths", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 862, "year_label": "862 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 864)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129421#Births", "title": "862", "revid": 1341129421, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Yúnmén Wényǎn, Chinese Zen master (or 862)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Births", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 897, "year_label": "897 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhaozhou, Chinese Zen Buddhist master (b. 778)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130275#Deaths", "title": "897", "revid": 1341130275, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Yongming Yanshou, Chinese Zen master (d. 975)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#Births", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 943, "year_label": "943 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dayang Jingxuan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1027)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916983#Births", "title": "943", "revid": 1364916983, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 949, "year_label": "949 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365592042#Deaths", "title": "949", "revid": 1365592042, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 975, "year_label": "975 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yongming Yanshou, Chinese Zen master (b. 904)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513424#Deaths", "title": "975", "revid": 1341513424, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dayang Jingxuan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 943)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Deaths", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1032, "year_label": "1032 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Touzi Yiqing, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1083)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215247#Births", "title": "1032", "revid": 1342215247, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1043, "year_label": "1043 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Furong Daokai, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1118)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365591040#Births", "title": "1043", "revid": 1365591040, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1064, "year_label": "1064 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1117)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558075#Births", "title": "1064", "revid": 1369558075, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1083, "year_label": "1083 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Touzi Yiqing, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1032)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070185#Deaths", "title": "1083", "revid": 1267070185, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1088, "year_label": "1088 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zhenxie Qingliao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1151)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365263990#Births", "title": "1088", "revid": 1365263990, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1089, "year_label": "1089 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1163)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270667#Births", "title": "1089", "revid": 1365270667, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1095, "year_label": "1095 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zishou Miaozong, Chinese Zen master (d. 1170)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365264485#Births", "title": "1095", "revid": 1365264485, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1117, "year_label": "1117 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Danxia Zichun, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1064)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694426#Deaths", "title": "1117", "revid": 1361694426, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "A collection of Zen Buddhist koans is compiled, in the Chinese Blue Cliff Record.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Religion", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1163, "year_label": "1163 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1089)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359581472#Deaths", "title": "1163", "revid": 1359581472, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1203, "year_label": "1203 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xueting Fuyu, Chinese Zen Buddhist abbot (d. 1275)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369187440#Births", "title": "1203", "revid": 1369187440, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1227, "year_label": "1227 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dōgen Zenji receives Dharma transmission and inka from his master Rujing in China, settling his \"life's quest of the great matter\", going on to introduce Sōtō Zen Buddhism into his native Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488499#Religion", "title": "1227", "revid": 1367488499, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1275, "year_label": "1275 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Musō Soseki, Japanese Rinzai Zen monk and teacher (d. 1351)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270169#Births", "title": "1275", "revid": 1365270169, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1277, "year_label": "1277 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Meihō Sotetsu, Japanese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1350)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362646784#Births", "title": "1277", "revid": 1362646784, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Kokan Shiren, Japanese Zen patriarch (d. 1347)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Births", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1283, "year_label": "1283 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Shuho Myocho, Japanese teacher and Zen Master (d. 1338)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347549431#Births", "title": "1283", "revid": 1347549431, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1291, "year_label": "1291 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In Japan the temple of Nanzen-ji at Kyoto is established by Emperor Kameyama. This temple becomes one of the most important religious schools within the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism and includes multiple sub-temples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363454369#Asia", "title": "1291", "revid": 1363454369, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1347, "year_label": "1347 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kokan Shiren, Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated Chinese poet (b. 1278)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289406739#Deaths", "title": "1347", "revid": 1289406739, "section": "Deaths"}}]}