Chinese Chan Buddhists

Dajian Huineng or Hui-neng (; trad. 638-713), also commonly known as the Sixth Patriarch or Sixth Ancestor of Chan (traditional Chinese: 禪宗六祖), is a semi-legendary but central figure in the early history of Chinese Chan Buddhism.

Chinese Chan Buddhist monk (?–866)

Jianzhi Sengcan (; Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: ; Rōmaji: ) is known as the Third Chinese Patriarch of Chán after Bodhidharma and thirtieth Patriarch after Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha.

Chinese monk and poet

Chinese Buddhist philosopher (709–788)

Chan practitioner

Chinese Hongzhou school monk

Ingen Ryūki (, ) (December 7, 1592 – May 19, 1673) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and monk of Linji Chan Buddhism from China. He is most known for founding the Ōbaku school of Zen in Japan.

Shi Xuyun or Hsu Yun (; 5 September 1840? – 13 October 1959) was a renowned Chinese Chan Buddhist master and an influential Buddhist teacher of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Esteemed chán master of the Tang Dynasty

Chinese Buddhist philosopher

American Buddhist monk (1918-1995)

Chan Buddhist monk who lived in the Southern Song

Chinese Buddhist patriarch

12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master

Chinese Buddhist monk

Chan patriarch

Chinese Zen master

Zen master (1177-1249)

Chinese Chán Buddhist teacher and author

Chinese Zen Patriarch

Chinese artist (1610-1663)

Chinese painter (1612-1674)

Buddhist teacher

Tang dynasty person CBDB = 93364

Chinese Buddhist master

Buddhist scholar-monk, patriarch of Huayan

Chinese Buddhist monk

Chinese Chan monk who compiled the Blue Cliff Record

Chinese Buddhist monk

Chinese Chan master

Buddhist monk (1546–1623)

Zen master

Chinese Buddhist

Chinese writer and Chan monk

Fenggan (, Japanese Bukan, fl. 9th century) was a Chinese Chan monk-poet lived in the Tang dynasty, associated with Hanshan and Shide in the famed "Tiantai Trio" (天台三聖).

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Jiaoran (; 730–799), also known by his courtesy name Qingzhou (), was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet and Buddhist monk. Jiaoran wrote more than 470 poems and was one of the three major Tang dynasty poet-monks (), along with Guanxiu (832–912) and Qiji (863–937). He was the 12th generation grandson of Xie An (320–385), a Jin dynasty (266–420) statesman who, despite his lack of military ability, led Jin through a major crisis—attacks by Former Qin (351–394). His friend, Lu Yu, is venerated as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture and the writer of The Classic of Tea.

'''Mu'an (; Japanese Mokuan Shōtō''') (1611–1684) was a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Ingen to Japan in 1654. Mokuan was from Chuanchow in what was then Fukien Province. He and Sokuhi Nyoitsu were the two disciples most involved in spreading Ingen's teachings.

Chinese calligrapher (1616–1671)

Chinese Buddhist monk (1601-1668)

Tang dynasty person CBDB = 92127

Chinese Buddhist monk

Chinese Chan Buddhist monk