1. Lanxi Daolong, born in Sichuan Province, China in 1213 AD, was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, idealist philosopher, and is the founder of the Kencho-ji sect, which is a branch of the Rinzai school.
12 Facts About Lanxi Daolong
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Lanxi Daolong entered temple life at the age of thirteen.
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Lanxi Daolong made it a purely Zen institution, and three years later, he returned to Kamakura.
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Lanxi Daolong built more than 20 temples during his exile in Koshu, Shinshu and Oshu.
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Hojo Tokimune remitted Lanxi Daolong and greeted him back to Kamakura.
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Lanxi Daolong selected a site for Engaku-ji, but in 1278, he died before the construction.
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In calligraphy, Lanxi Daolong imitated Huang Tingjian, Zhang Jizhi and Chu Suiliang's works of calligraphy, and he not only inherited the core of their works, but developed it, and formed his own style.
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Lanxi Daolong was the first one to introduce the Pure Zen Buddhism of Song dynasty into Japan.
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Therefore, Lanxi Daolong required his disciples to strictly follow the discipline of drinking tea, the way many people in Southern Song dynasty did.
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Lanxi Daolong mainly used three forms to communicate Chinese literature with Japanese literature:.
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Second, Lanxi Daolong often wrote poems about Zen and his feelings.
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Third, Quotations from Lanxi Daolong, which was edited by the disciples of Lanxi Daolong, has enriched and improved the literary genre of Japanese Zen Quotations with Rich content, complete form, and wide propagation.