Five Houses of Chán

[2] According to tradition, the sixth and last ancestral founder, Huineng (惠能; 638–713), was one of the giants of Chán history, and all surviving schools regard him as their ancestor.

[9] Guiyang is named after master Guishan Lingyou (771–854) (Kuei-shan Ling-yu, Jpn.

Isan Reiyū) and his student, Yangshan Huiji (807-883,[10] or 813–890) (Yang-shan Hui-chi, Jpn.

Chán master Hsu Yun, however, attempted to revive absorbed lineages.

The attempt was successful regarding the Guiyang school, Hsuan Hua being its most known modern representative.

The Linji (Chinese: 临济宗; pinyin: Lín jì zōng) was named after Chán master Línjì Yìxuán, who was notable for teaching students in ways that included shouting and striking in an attempt to help students reach enlightenment.

In 826 Korean Seon Master Doui, a student of Sixth Ancestor of Chan Huineng, brought Chan/Seon (Korean Zen) to Korea and founded the "Nine Mountain Seon Monasteries" which adopted the name Jogye order.

In 1227 Dōgen Zenji, a former Tendai student, studied Caodong Buddhism and returned to Japan to establish the Sōtō school.

The school thrived into the early Song Dynasty, with particular influence on the upper classes, and culminated in the final compilation of the Blue Cliff Record.